Is The Virginia Department of Corrections [VADOC] Counting Dead and The Terminally Ill Released Prisoners In Its Claims of Low Recidivism? By William Thorpe

Virginia Republicans abolished parole as part of the Commonwealth's imprisonment scheme in 1995. Parole only exist now for the imprisoned prior to 1995 and the geriatric prisoner. [see VA. code 53.1] so any measure of recidivism is dealing with 2 types of prisoner groups:.

• Those imprisoned before 1995 who are either completing their sentence, geriatric parole or the lucky few who get parole.
• And those imprisoned after 1995 with sentences lesser than the 27 years since the abolish of parole.

So now to examine VADOC's claim of low recidivism. Let's begin with the recidivism of the second group. Virginia historically is an inordinate amount of sentence state. So the pool of prisoners, since 1995 who have been released to then return to prison is a small and minuscule percentage to actually and accurately factor for claim of low recidivism by VADOC officials, considering that the post abolish of parole prisoner is serving a lengthy sentence, staying in Virginia's prisons longer      which the director of Virginia prison system, Harold Clarke has relatively acknowledged. So the only pool of prisoners whose release is significant enough to reflect and support recidivist speculations are those imprisoned prior to 1995. Most of the pre parole abolish prisoners have been imprisoned anywhere from 50 years to 1 year which subsequently is a relative small pool in comparison with the post parole abolish 1995 imprisoned to the present. Now despite the practicality of recidivism claims for the pre parole 1995 prisoner, the reality is those prisoners, because of specific factors as age, being dead and infirm are not enough to make any recidivist based claims on. What we ask VADOC to clarify and explain is, in the best of times Virginia's grant of parole is stingy and the majority of prisoners being released pre 1995 are elderly and most with terminal illness, who are dying within 2 years of release.

So the fact of the matter is VADOC has to be including dead prisoners, disabled and infirm prisoners, the terminally ill released prisoner who can never return and will not return to prison in its claims of low recidivism and not only is it disingenuous but it is outright deceptive and insidious to claim something which the circumstances surrounding the claim are patently distorted.

I'm William Thorpe held at the Wainwright Unit of the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice in solitary confinement because Virginia exiled me to Texas

The American Prisoner Is A Slave By William Thorpe

 

United States Constitution Amendment 13

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

The  American Prisoner Is A Slave

The 13th Amendment of The United States Constitution is a wink and nod to the continuation of that most evil of human relations, slavery. The American prisoner is a slave and this backdrop of slavery presents us with a paradox. Books and purported services intended to assist the American prisoner priced beyond the means of the enslaved prisoner.

No one begrudges compensation for authors and writers of books intended to assist prisoners. But we have to point out that the American prisoner as slave cannot be, nor expected to pay prices and cost for services, supposedly by allies in the fight against the injustices of the American justice system and the reform of it's prison experiment, as if the enslaved American prisoner is a normal wage earner.

Priced Beyond Reach Of The Enslaved American Prisoner

1. Prison Education Guide by C. Zoukis @ $49.95
2. The Habeas Cite Book: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by B. Sample @ $49.95
3. The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System By Bergman and S.J. Berman-Barrett @$39.99
4. Represent Yourself In Court: How To Prepare and Try A Winning Case by P. Bergman and S.J. Berman-Barrett @ $39.99
5. Legal Research: How To Find Understand The Law by S. Elias and S. Levinkind @ $49.99
6. Deposition Handbook by P. Bergman and A. Moore @ $34.99
7. Criminal Law: A Desk Reference by P. Bergman @ $44.99
8. Prisoners Self Help Litigation Manual by J. Boston and D. Manville @ $59.99
9. How To Win Your Personal Injury Claim by J. Matthew @ $34.99
10. Sue The Doctor and Win! Victims Guide To Secrets of Malpractice Lawsuits by L.Laska @ $34.95
11. Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual by D. Manville @ $49.95
12. The PLRA Handbook: Law and Practice Under The Prison Litigation Reform Act by J. Boston @ $84.95 and $224.95 [non-prisoner]
13. Federal Prison Handbook by C. Zoukis @ $74.95
14. The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct by A. Hull @ $59.95
15. Encyclopedia of Everday Law by S. Irving @ $34.99

Is Also An Injustice

The above-listed 15 books are not the sum of the cottage industry work of profiting off the enslaved American prisoner but is an example of its tone-deafness. The outcome that I expect and anticipate as a result of this work is the realization and its subsequent reflection that pricing a book out of the means of its beneficiary is also an injustice.

I'm William Thorpe and I'm Detained in Solitary Confinement at the Wainwright Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

RESOURCES FOR PRISON LAW AND ISSUES

Despite the fact VAPAC is focused on Virginia we still recognize that most laws and practices overlap in the various states so some of the material listed will still have similar items in law is also U.S. Constitution Law. Meaning a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Cruel and Unusual Punishment on a Virginia incident will be binding on the other 49 states and last but not least we ask visitors and readers to share with us relevant and important items and Prison Advocacy resources.
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1.  JAILHOUSE LAWYERS MANUAL BY COLUMBIAN HUMAN LAW REVIEW
2. FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
3. FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
4. PRISONER SELF HELP LITIGATION MANUAL JOHN BOSTON PUBLISHED VIA ANY BOOK OUTLET
5. VIRGINIA PRACTICE SERIES     CRIMINAL PROCEDURE/CIVIL PROCEDURE see links also PUBLISHED BY WEST
6. FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
7. BRENNEN CENTER FOR JUSTICE
8. GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL BY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
9. HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION - https://hrcoalition.org/
10. NATIONAL PRISON PROJECT BY ACLU [AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION]
11. FINDLAW- https://statelaws.findlaw.com/
12. NORTHWESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW- http://www.law.northwestern.edu/
13. PRISONER RIGHTS LAW - https://www.hg.org/prisoner-rights-law.html
14. PRISONER ADVOCACY - https://prisondivest.com/
15. PRISON LEGAL NEWS - https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/
16. SOCIAL WORKERS and ALLIES AGAINST SOLITARY CONFINEMENT - https://socialworkersasc.org/
17. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS ~ 202-872-8600
18. WASHINGTON LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS & URBAN AFFAIRS- 202-775-0323 [For Prisoners] 
19. LIEFF CABRASER LAW FIRM [SAN FRAN, CA AND NASHVILLE, TN  
20. INNOCENCE PROJECT- 212-364-5340
21. NETWORK FEDERAL DEFENSE HOTLINE - 212-679-2811 To get a copy of our Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook, either submit a request online at the linked website or write to us at our PO Box address:
• National Lawyers Guild
  PO Box 1266
  New York, NY 10009-8941
• If groups in Virginia are looking for legal observers, they can email CentralVA@nlg.org ; groups in other areas can request legal observers from the nearest chapter, which can be found alongside instructions for requesting LOs on our Chapters page
22. PRISON ACTIVIST RESOURCE CENTER DIRECTORY
23. THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL is the Commonwealth's law firm. In addition to representing the interests of the people of Virginia, their clients are Virginia state government and the state agencies, boards and commissions that compose it. ~ Note:" This is what Virginia Attorney General understands law to be, if you want to understand what VADOC can and can't do, you can search this index. "Official Opinions Search Engine"
24. Open Oversight VA: is Virginia's only statewide police transparency database. We maintain data on over 200 police departments and sheriff's offices through public records aggregation, open-source intelligence research, community contributions, and, most of all, hundreds of regular Freedom of Information Act requests. Created in October 2022 and inspired by Open Oversight (created by Lucy Parsons Labs), we are an independent, decentralized, and fully autonomous collective run entirely by dedicated volunteer researchers, digital archivists, data enthusiasts, and others with a passion for police transparency through public records. It is dedicated to victims of police brutality, those brave enough to share their encounters with police officers, and every officer who "doesn't have a name." Now they do.
25. Civil Rights Enforcement - In an effort to make it easier for individuals to report instances of discrimination or civil rights infringements, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Christopher Kavanaugh, has launched a new online portal. The website, known as the Civil Rights Enforcement page, provides a dedicated platform for individuals living in the Western District of Virginia to report these incidents.

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