Prison and Criminal Justice Reform In The Commonwealth requires A Commensurate Politics And Will

 

It comes as no surprise that if we are to enjoy equality under law and its accountability then the politics and its reality, the actuality of what the Constitution of Virginia, in Article 1, Bill of Rights states.....A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the good people of Virginia....and it's continuation in Section 1. (titled) Equality and rights of men.....That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights,.....has and must be clearly understood by those who ask for and seek our votes.....which Section 2. (of the Constitution of Virginia) states, People the source of power. (to which we're instructed) That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people, that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them. Anyway it's not our intention to analyze our State Constitution, in a vacuum, it speaks for itself. But it was necessary that we state what we have above. Because as we considered the upcoming elections, as it relates to the Commonwealths scheme of imprisonment which impacts hundreds of thousands of Virginians, firstly the crime victim, their family, then the convicted prisoner whether justly or unjustly, their family and then generally the legitimacy of the Commonwealths Social Contract. We decided upon a course of action which was to ask those wanting our votes some questions and unsurprisingly a few responded (below are the questions we asked those who would presume to lead and govern us) but what is important, those who didn't also responded by their silence which speaks volumes. Because it reveals the world view that isn't conducive to and as a matter of fact at odds with the reality of accountability. Listed below are the politicians who responded along with responses. We at VAPAC endeavor to always present the community with information upon which insight can and will be gleaned. As a last word the Commonwealths media has a role to play also.

Questions

1. Do you commit to a comprehensive review of VADOC and the philosophy of its Dir. Harold Clarke #OnTheRecordVA
2. Why should taxpayers vote for you, when you don't know what to do about VADOC? #OnTheRecordVA
3.  A practical way to bring accountability to VADOC is establishing office of prisoner grievance independent of VADOC, will you work for this? #OnTheRecordVA

Here is what some of the potential candidates said in response to the questions of those who answered.

Delegate Cia Price

Jade Harris

Victoria Luevanos

Monica Gary

Dave LaRock

Here is the listing of nonresponsive candidates:

Emily Scott    Timmy French    Kathy Beery    Mark Obenshain    Christopher head    Dave Suetterlain

Todd Pillion    Bill Stanley    Frank Ruff    John Ruff    John Mcguire    Creigh Deeds    Philip Hamilton

Natan McKenzie    Glen Sturtevant    Lashrecse Aird    Lamont Bagby    Ghazala Hashami

Schuyler VanValkenburg    Siobhan Dunnavant    Clint Jenkins     Emily Brewer     Louise Lucas

Tony Goodwin    Angelina Williams Graves    Aaron Rouse    Mamie Locke    Monty Mason    

Danny Diggs    Jolicia Ward    Richard Stuart    Ryan McDougle    Joel Griffin Tara Durant    Jason Ford

Bryce Reeves    Jeremy McPike Nicki Rattray Baldwin    Danica Roem    Bill Woolf    Russet Perry

Juan Pablo Segura    Suhas Subramanyam    Greg Moulthrop    Jennifer Carroll Foy    Mike Van Meter

Scott Surovell    DaveMarsden    Stella Pekarsky    Julie Perry    Saddam Azlan Salim    Jennifer Boyso

Matthew lang    Adam Ebbin Sophia Moshasha    Barbara Favola 

Patrick hope    Alfonso lopez     Charniele Herring    rip Sullivan     Kathleen Murphy     Ken Plum

Karrie Delaney    Dan Helmer     David Bulova    Marcus Simon    Kaye Kory     Paul Krizek

Kathy Tran     Eileen Filler-Corn     Luke Torian     Elizabeth Guzman     Suhas Subramanyam

David Reed     Wendy Gooditis     Todd Gilbert Tony Will     Chris Runion     John Avoli    Terry Austin

Chris head     Sam Rasoul     Joe McNamara     Israel O'Quinn     Terry Kilgore     Les Adams

James Edmunds    Kathy Byron     Sally Hudson     Rob Bell    JohnMcGuire    Rodney Willett

Buddy Fowler     Scott Wyatt     Micheal Webert     Nick Freitas    Roxann Robinson    Carrie Coyner    Jeff Bourne     Schuyler VanValkenburg     Emily Brewer     Jelon Ward    Don Scott Clint Jenkins Cliff Hayes    Kelly Convis-Fowler    Barry Knight....

`Note` Some candidates have been omitted due to not having a social/twitter platform, this is an evolving post, should any candidate decide to respond, we are open to your response.

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