Glenn Langohr's Blog, page 24
March 17, 2012
State Crime Data Log Is Lacking Due to Drug War
The criminal records system California relies on to stop child abusers from working in schools and violent felons from buying guns is so poorly maintained that it routinely fails to alert officials to a subject's full criminal history. The other side of this issue is that a list of possible matches appears, denying work or gun ownership for those without a criminal history, or one that has been expunged. Imagine trying to get a job, in an already depressed economy, and the background check returns a bunch of possible arrest and convictions, that aren't even accurate.
Information from millions of records buried at courts and law enforcement agencies has never been entered in the system. This overwhelming amount of information is then haphazardly rushed into possible matches and isn't accurate. Tough on crime platforms have destroyed the criminal justice system because for a District Attorney seeking to climb the ladder or enter politics a soft on crime look will stain their reputation or get them fired. In Orange County, California, a ninety nine percent conviction record is where the bar is set but look at the fact that six out of ten convicted cases that reach the Supreme Court are overturned for reasons like ineffective councel, leading the nation. This means justice has been thrown out the window and the right to a fair trial and the right to adequate defense is no longer viable. In other cases brought before the district attorney, police officers are trained to charge the suspect of a crime with as many possible charges relating to one charge as possible to make it easy for a plea bargain, also helping keep that ninety nine percent conviction ratio. Imagine just being released from jail or prison after not being defended properly or over zealously prosecuted, and now you are trying to find employment and the background check the employer runs shows a list of possible crimes not even committed!
Are we creating laws faster than good sense provides in the interest of tough on crime political stances? Are all these new laws creating a police state and only beneficial to people who have government jobs and unions to push even more law and early retirement benefits? When considering that unemployment in California is leading the nation at approximately ten percent and then realize even those numbers don't show the percentage of released prisoners who aren't even on the radar. The unemployment numbers are actually much higher and the result of too many petty laws putting too many people in jail or prison and completely forgetting about redemption or rehabilitation.
In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing--to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals. http://www.lockdownpublishing.com
Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Glen...PR Newswire articles
Information from millions of records buried at courts and law enforcement agencies has never been entered in the system. This overwhelming amount of information is then haphazardly rushed into possible matches and isn't accurate. Tough on crime platforms have destroyed the criminal justice system because for a District Attorney seeking to climb the ladder or enter politics a soft on crime look will stain their reputation or get them fired. In Orange County, California, a ninety nine percent conviction record is where the bar is set but look at the fact that six out of ten convicted cases that reach the Supreme Court are overturned for reasons like ineffective councel, leading the nation. This means justice has been thrown out the window and the right to a fair trial and the right to adequate defense is no longer viable. In other cases brought before the district attorney, police officers are trained to charge the suspect of a crime with as many possible charges relating to one charge as possible to make it easy for a plea bargain, also helping keep that ninety nine percent conviction ratio. Imagine just being released from jail or prison after not being defended properly or over zealously prosecuted, and now you are trying to find employment and the background check the employer runs shows a list of possible crimes not even committed!
Are we creating laws faster than good sense provides in the interest of tough on crime political stances? Are all these new laws creating a police state and only beneficial to people who have government jobs and unions to push even more law and early retirement benefits? When considering that unemployment in California is leading the nation at approximately ten percent and then realize even those numbers don't show the percentage of released prisoners who aren't even on the radar. The unemployment numbers are actually much higher and the result of too many petty laws putting too many people in jail or prison and completely forgetting about redemption or rehabilitation.
In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing--to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals. http://www.lockdownpublishing.com
Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Glen...PR Newswire articles
March 16, 2012
Should We Decriminalize Drugs to Take The Power Out of The Drug War and The Mexican Drug Cartels?
We now look at drug addiction as a disease in government and medical institutions, so when are we going to end the War on Drugs and how will we? The War on Drugs has only made drug use more desirable by making them more taboo, thus creating an underground culture where it is cool to avoid detection. Fast cars, fast women, flashy tattoos and jewelry and being the man, or woman, that can supply the need is what spurs the desire to be involved and it makes it cool. There is a social structure involved that includes sex, money, power, control and greed. So if we decriminalize drugs we take the power out of them and the rest of this underground culture. Vicente Fox in Mexico has come down hard on the cartels and 40,000 drug war murders have been the result. In- fighting between cartels like the Sinaloa, Juarez and Zetas has been over how to get the most money from the U.S.'s demand for drugs. Recently, some problems with an operation the ATF dubbed, Fast and Furious, has made headlines with over 2,500 machine guns that our government gave the cartels in a sting operation and have since been used to kill our own law enforcement in Arizona. This is just another example that proves the joke is on us, in this War on Drugs. Another problem, the pharmaceutical giants who sell legal heroin to our kids in pain killers like Oxycontin. The kids smash up the pills and snort them for a quick high. This is leading to the more raw form, Mexican tar heroin. In south Orange County, California there have been 80 overdose deaths in a few years and finally reporters like David Whiting, chief editor for the Orange County Register, has started writing about these very issues.
The solution to this War on Drugs is many fold. First we have to make drugs look less enticing. A mass media campaign must be followed by success stories from those who have turned away from drugs and got their families, careers and lives back. We have to show the public that it is a spiritual war since drug use divides every blessing possible, like families, marriages, freedom, jobs and everything else that is forgotten about during drug use and all the aforementioned are broken and divided to nothingness. Second we have to attack this problem with our over crowded jails and prisons. We have to give these inmates something to turn their lives around while incarcerated, like helping them learn how to write all manner of scripts, along with job and living placement upon release. In Nevada released prisoners are offered jobs in sanitation and released prisoners find meaning in work, getting their families back, fitting into the community and realizing they can survive. Nevada has the lowest recidivism, rate of return back to prison in the nation.
http://www.lockdownpublishing.com I started lockdownpublishing to help incarcerated inmates learn how to turn what they have been through into a blessing through writing and art. I want to get inmates instructional writing guides and show them there is hope. http://www.rollcallthebook.com To buy my novel-Roll Call by Glenn Langohr-Amazon My drug war novel, Roll Call by Glenn Langohr illustrates how this lie terrorized the public and where the money came from. Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction-sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic-of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Glen...PR Newswire articles
The solution to this War on Drugs is many fold. First we have to make drugs look less enticing. A mass media campaign must be followed by success stories from those who have turned away from drugs and got their families, careers and lives back. We have to show the public that it is a spiritual war since drug use divides every blessing possible, like families, marriages, freedom, jobs and everything else that is forgotten about during drug use and all the aforementioned are broken and divided to nothingness. Second we have to attack this problem with our over crowded jails and prisons. We have to give these inmates something to turn their lives around while incarcerated, like helping them learn how to write all manner of scripts, along with job and living placement upon release. In Nevada released prisoners are offered jobs in sanitation and released prisoners find meaning in work, getting their families back, fitting into the community and realizing they can survive. Nevada has the lowest recidivism, rate of return back to prison in the nation.
http://www.lockdownpublishing.com I started lockdownpublishing to help incarcerated inmates learn how to turn what they have been through into a blessing through writing and art. I want to get inmates instructional writing guides and show them there is hope. http://www.rollcallthebook.com To buy my novel-Roll Call by Glenn Langohr-Amazon My drug war novel, Roll Call by Glenn Langohr illustrates how this lie terrorized the public and where the money came from. Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction-sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic-of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Glen...PR Newswire articles
March 15, 2012
From 10 years in prison for drug charges to author of 6 books!
My deepest novel, 700 pages of crime scene drug war based on true stories, is 19.99 in paperback and 2.99 with kindle. Thanks for considering- A true account of the author's drug dealing past that turned into trumped up organized crime charges over a bad business deal with the fabricator of Custom Craft Harley Davidson's.
Another true account of how the corrupt California Prison Union used terror tactics with then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger relating to the 3 Strikes Law. Harvard lawyer Daniel Morris has since confirmed it with, "A shameful lie."
ROLL CALL
Roll Call is a true prison story with a cast of characters that include Mexican drug cartels, Southern California street gangs and Hell's Angels all fighting for their piece of the drug culture. Add a good detective squeezed out of the loop by an overzealous narcotic detective; a robust prison union calling bad shots; a handful of drug criminals trying to find their conscience and you have the perfect recipe for a revolutionary uprising, bound by blood, all leaving the reader wondering, who are the real criminals? A view never before seen, from the inside of the criminal justice system looking out. The author, Glenn Langohr takes you on a journey from a runaway childhood, to addict and drug dealer, into the drug war for an inside look at Mexican cartel wars, corrupt narcotic detectives and a California Prison Union bent on breeding bigger criminals.
"A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr. The author succeeds by wisely using his experiences to fuel the narrative. A vivid, clamorous account of the war on drugs."
~ Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media
"Spellbinding story of the drug war. A page turner! A full robust story and an inside look at California's harshest prisons."
~ Orange County Reviews
"Compelling material."
~ Stephen Hillenburg, Creator of Spongebob SquarePants
From the Author
All True Prison Books by the Author are available in the Kindle Store and include:
Roll Call
Gladiator - A Pelican Bay Prison Story.
Race Riots - A Pelican Bay Prison Story.
Lock Up Diaries - A Pelican Bay Prison Story.
Upon Release From Prison
UnderdogPR Newswire articles
Another true account of how the corrupt California Prison Union used terror tactics with then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger relating to the 3 Strikes Law. Harvard lawyer Daniel Morris has since confirmed it with, "A shameful lie."
ROLL CALL
Roll Call is a true prison story with a cast of characters that include Mexican drug cartels, Southern California street gangs and Hell's Angels all fighting for their piece of the drug culture. Add a good detective squeezed out of the loop by an overzealous narcotic detective; a robust prison union calling bad shots; a handful of drug criminals trying to find their conscience and you have the perfect recipe for a revolutionary uprising, bound by blood, all leaving the reader wondering, who are the real criminals? A view never before seen, from the inside of the criminal justice system looking out. The author, Glenn Langohr takes you on a journey from a runaway childhood, to addict and drug dealer, into the drug war for an inside look at Mexican cartel wars, corrupt narcotic detectives and a California Prison Union bent on breeding bigger criminals.
"A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr. The author succeeds by wisely using his experiences to fuel the narrative. A vivid, clamorous account of the war on drugs."
~ Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media
"Spellbinding story of the drug war. A page turner! A full robust story and an inside look at California's harshest prisons."
~ Orange County Reviews
"Compelling material."
~ Stephen Hillenburg, Creator of Spongebob SquarePants
From the Author
All True Prison Books by the Author are available in the Kindle Store and include:
Roll Call
Gladiator - A Pelican Bay Prison Story.
Race Riots - A Pelican Bay Prison Story.
Lock Up Diaries - A Pelican Bay Prison Story.
Upon Release From Prison
UnderdogPR Newswire articles
Glenn Langohr's New Book: Underdog, The Pelican Bay Hunger Strike, Reveals the Story Behind the Story of the Recent Inmate Death at Corcoran State Prison
In Langohr's new book Underdog, he strives to shine a spotlight on some of the injust ways California prison's deem inmates incorrigible and house them in solitary.
The California Prison System houses a mixture of Mexican cartel members, Mexican mafia, Bloods, Crips, and thousands of other street gangs fighting for control and the author turns this story into a pulp thriller of true crime.
The author of Underdog, Glenn Langohr, takes you on a journey back into prison as he remembers a prison riot days before his release date where he left his friend on the way to Pelican Bay...
The story follows the author years later as he visits his friend in Pelican Bay during a prisoner developed hunger strike against sadistic and cruel guards who get off on their isolation and enjoy adding violence to their torture.
A spotlight on the flaws at how Pelican Bay determines gang validation and solitary confinement.
"A great analogy between caged dogs in an animal shelter, and prisoners in an overcrowded jail. A blow-by-blow description of the dialogue between four race leaders as they try to maintain the peace, and keep the factions from destroying themselves. Not the sort of thing you would read about in the media so it is all quite an eye-opener. Gives a great insight into the problems inherent in a mixed-race prison and how the prison authorities handle it. Some of these individual warders are human while some are sub-human. A most interesting and absorbing 5-Star read. I personally would like to see a sequel to this book."
~ Dr. James CoylePR Newswire articles
The California Prison System houses a mixture of Mexican cartel members, Mexican mafia, Bloods, Crips, and thousands of other street gangs fighting for control and the author turns this story into a pulp thriller of true crime.
The author of Underdog, Glenn Langohr, takes you on a journey back into prison as he remembers a prison riot days before his release date where he left his friend on the way to Pelican Bay...
The story follows the author years later as he visits his friend in Pelican Bay during a prisoner developed hunger strike against sadistic and cruel guards who get off on their isolation and enjoy adding violence to their torture.
A spotlight on the flaws at how Pelican Bay determines gang validation and solitary confinement.
"A great analogy between caged dogs in an animal shelter, and prisoners in an overcrowded jail. A blow-by-blow description of the dialogue between four race leaders as they try to maintain the peace, and keep the factions from destroying themselves. Not the sort of thing you would read about in the media so it is all quite an eye-opener. Gives a great insight into the problems inherent in a mixed-race prison and how the prison authorities handle it. Some of these individual warders are human while some are sub-human. A most interesting and absorbing 5-Star read. I personally would like to see a sequel to this book."
~ Dr. James CoylePR Newswire articles
March 14, 2012
Are Tough on Crime Platforms Stealing Our Children's Education?
Are Tough on Crime Platforms Stealing Our Kids Education
By Glenn T Langohr
More than 6.5 million Americans are in prison or have served time there. That's 1-100 adults living in the U.S., the highest incarceration level in the world, according to a new report by the Justice Department. In California and New York, more tax dollars are spent on prison corrections than higher education. Many other states are catching up.
Troy Jones, a 44 year old black male, originally from New Orleans, Louisiana understands these stats from the inside out. He has served time in California's prisons 6 times and now, is trying to reintegrate again. At 6'3 with sharp features and a G.Q. weathered look, this time, he walks away from the Laguna Beach homeless shelter with a job. His smile is filled with compassion and relief because he has a place to live and work. Both at the shelter. Underneath his smile, if you look close, you might notice the creases and lines from years of figuring out how to survive, over and over.
When asked how he started doing time, Troy looked at the ground humbly and responded, "I started my prison career late. Before getting caught up in the system, I was a basketball player. I walked on at L.S.U. and left with bad knees. I finished at Southern University where I majored in criminal justice. Then, I came to California on vacation and ended up on probation for a drug charge. Probation turned into a prison sentence. The next 12 years flew by in a blur of razor wire, gun towers, the sounds of block guns booming, and blood spilling at Soledad, Chino. Ironwood, Wasco, Lancaster and Corcoran."
Troy looked up from the ground and the humble look was gone. A look filled with the focus of survival, mixed with pride trying to hold it all together filled his eyes.
When asked how he saw so many prisons, he shifted from foot to foot and responded, "Revolving door justice really means a released prisoner is unprepared to face freedom. Freedom becomes the streets. Hustle time. I have to accept the blame for not finding a job fast enough but the felony I carried along with having the parole department breathing down my neck made employment feel impossible. I asked the parole department for help but they never offered any viable resources. Instead, they intimidated and pressured a no hope feeling, with an overzealous attitude that said we want you out of rich Republican Orange County where we have to keep the price of our real estate at a premium."
When asked to elaborate, Troy's eyes hardened. "When I got released from Lancaster Prison, the time before now, I rented a room from a sober family willing to give a parolee a chance. Then, during a parole department home visit, a dozen law enforcement vehicles skidded to a halt and swarmed the house. As they pulled up, I watched the neighbors peek out windows and walk outside and knew any hope of staying there was gone. My parole officer and a bunch of steroid looking gang task force detectives on amphetamine entered and searched my room and every common room. I walked out with the owner I rented from with my head down. Who would rent a room to someone like that? Someone like me? I felt that tiny ray of hope go out like a flickering candle about to get extinguished as the pressure closed in like a noose. On the streets again, drugs became a remembered tool to find a couch to sleep on and survive. Back to prison again. The vicious cycle continues..."
The link between education and crime is found in recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice: 75% of state prison inmates in California didn't complete high school; 59% of federal inmates also did not. Less educated inmates are also more likely to return to prison once released at 77%. The typical offender is undereducated, unemployed and living in poverty before incarceration.
In the past decade, many U.S states have cut their budgets for education funds to compensate for rapid growth in prison populations, and prison construction. The components connected to the tough on crime political platforms are becoming transparent.
With California as the leading example, in 1994, Republican Pete Wilson received $440,000 dollars from the prison union to help him win governorship. Two terms and eight years later, Gray Davis did the same thing to solidify the prison union to the point that if anyone running for governor didn't go with the flow a threat of recall would greet them. This trend created over crowded prisons where early release or triple bunked inmates became the solution. The triple bunks caused violent riots and to many stabbings and was deemed a health hazard. Currently, California is the state with the largest prison population at 187,000 inmates filling 36 prisons. The total bill for running the Prison System stood at $5.7 million in 2004. Less than a decade later, 30,000 gaurds--less than a tenth of the teachers union-- became the biggest financial contributors to politicians and legislators. Tough on crime morphed into something worse by 2010. California created 1487 new laws to generate cash for projects and solidify the prison state.
Governor Swartzenegger went right to work by attempting to put an R at the end of CDC. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. That didn't actually happen but the governor stopped an out of control prison union, acting like the mafia, from increasing their salaries. The power of the union caught up to the terminator governor. Their spokesman did try to impeach him. Then, the Three Strikes question came up again in Proposition 66. A possible solution to deal with California's overcrowded prisons. It was meant to remove two non-violent charges: petty theft and certain residential burglaries. Pressured with political suicide by being looked at with a soft on crime stance, the intimidated governor became the prison union's spokesman stating on television that the law would "release thousands of rapist and child molesters out onto the streets"- a shameful lie. Other projects that have proven to help prisoners such as drug diversion have been removed by the power of California's prison union.
The question is are tough on crime policies and high rate of returning human beings back to prison actually deterring crime?
Troy's poker face absorbed the question. He shook his head no and said, "The politicians can spin the numbers but the real deal is this tough on crime shit is only building bigger criminals. In California we are segregated by race and violence solves problems and scared drug addict kids join gangs to deal. California' prisons breed gang affiliation, validation and allegiance at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world. Tough on crime is creating more crime. We need to get more compassionate. All we learn in prison is to stay healthy and alive you better know how to make a knife, hide it, and observe well enough to use it before one gets used on you. Do you want that kind of violently built inmate getting released into your community? California started this prison state mess so they should clean it up with a bold new solution. The misguided youth that get sent to prison need to learn a trade or get schooling to learn how to live and pay bills. Otherwise the gangs become their guides.
In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing--to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals. Roll Call by Glenn Langohr-Amazon http://www.lockdownpublishing.com Out of prison, I started sending inspirational postcards into prisons to help other prisoners see a better future through writing and art.
Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction-sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic-of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.PR Newswire articles
By Glenn T Langohr
More than 6.5 million Americans are in prison or have served time there. That's 1-100 adults living in the U.S., the highest incarceration level in the world, according to a new report by the Justice Department. In California and New York, more tax dollars are spent on prison corrections than higher education. Many other states are catching up.
Troy Jones, a 44 year old black male, originally from New Orleans, Louisiana understands these stats from the inside out. He has served time in California's prisons 6 times and now, is trying to reintegrate again. At 6'3 with sharp features and a G.Q. weathered look, this time, he walks away from the Laguna Beach homeless shelter with a job. His smile is filled with compassion and relief because he has a place to live and work. Both at the shelter. Underneath his smile, if you look close, you might notice the creases and lines from years of figuring out how to survive, over and over.
When asked how he started doing time, Troy looked at the ground humbly and responded, "I started my prison career late. Before getting caught up in the system, I was a basketball player. I walked on at L.S.U. and left with bad knees. I finished at Southern University where I majored in criminal justice. Then, I came to California on vacation and ended up on probation for a drug charge. Probation turned into a prison sentence. The next 12 years flew by in a blur of razor wire, gun towers, the sounds of block guns booming, and blood spilling at Soledad, Chino. Ironwood, Wasco, Lancaster and Corcoran."
Troy looked up from the ground and the humble look was gone. A look filled with the focus of survival, mixed with pride trying to hold it all together filled his eyes.
When asked how he saw so many prisons, he shifted from foot to foot and responded, "Revolving door justice really means a released prisoner is unprepared to face freedom. Freedom becomes the streets. Hustle time. I have to accept the blame for not finding a job fast enough but the felony I carried along with having the parole department breathing down my neck made employment feel impossible. I asked the parole department for help but they never offered any viable resources. Instead, they intimidated and pressured a no hope feeling, with an overzealous attitude that said we want you out of rich Republican Orange County where we have to keep the price of our real estate at a premium."
When asked to elaborate, Troy's eyes hardened. "When I got released from Lancaster Prison, the time before now, I rented a room from a sober family willing to give a parolee a chance. Then, during a parole department home visit, a dozen law enforcement vehicles skidded to a halt and swarmed the house. As they pulled up, I watched the neighbors peek out windows and walk outside and knew any hope of staying there was gone. My parole officer and a bunch of steroid looking gang task force detectives on amphetamine entered and searched my room and every common room. I walked out with the owner I rented from with my head down. Who would rent a room to someone like that? Someone like me? I felt that tiny ray of hope go out like a flickering candle about to get extinguished as the pressure closed in like a noose. On the streets again, drugs became a remembered tool to find a couch to sleep on and survive. Back to prison again. The vicious cycle continues..."
The link between education and crime is found in recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice: 75% of state prison inmates in California didn't complete high school; 59% of federal inmates also did not. Less educated inmates are also more likely to return to prison once released at 77%. The typical offender is undereducated, unemployed and living in poverty before incarceration.
In the past decade, many U.S states have cut their budgets for education funds to compensate for rapid growth in prison populations, and prison construction. The components connected to the tough on crime political platforms are becoming transparent.
With California as the leading example, in 1994, Republican Pete Wilson received $440,000 dollars from the prison union to help him win governorship. Two terms and eight years later, Gray Davis did the same thing to solidify the prison union to the point that if anyone running for governor didn't go with the flow a threat of recall would greet them. This trend created over crowded prisons where early release or triple bunked inmates became the solution. The triple bunks caused violent riots and to many stabbings and was deemed a health hazard. Currently, California is the state with the largest prison population at 187,000 inmates filling 36 prisons. The total bill for running the Prison System stood at $5.7 million in 2004. Less than a decade later, 30,000 gaurds--less than a tenth of the teachers union-- became the biggest financial contributors to politicians and legislators. Tough on crime morphed into something worse by 2010. California created 1487 new laws to generate cash for projects and solidify the prison state.
Governor Swartzenegger went right to work by attempting to put an R at the end of CDC. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. That didn't actually happen but the governor stopped an out of control prison union, acting like the mafia, from increasing their salaries. The power of the union caught up to the terminator governor. Their spokesman did try to impeach him. Then, the Three Strikes question came up again in Proposition 66. A possible solution to deal with California's overcrowded prisons. It was meant to remove two non-violent charges: petty theft and certain residential burglaries. Pressured with political suicide by being looked at with a soft on crime stance, the intimidated governor became the prison union's spokesman stating on television that the law would "release thousands of rapist and child molesters out onto the streets"- a shameful lie. Other projects that have proven to help prisoners such as drug diversion have been removed by the power of California's prison union.
The question is are tough on crime policies and high rate of returning human beings back to prison actually deterring crime?
Troy's poker face absorbed the question. He shook his head no and said, "The politicians can spin the numbers but the real deal is this tough on crime shit is only building bigger criminals. In California we are segregated by race and violence solves problems and scared drug addict kids join gangs to deal. California' prisons breed gang affiliation, validation and allegiance at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world. Tough on crime is creating more crime. We need to get more compassionate. All we learn in prison is to stay healthy and alive you better know how to make a knife, hide it, and observe well enough to use it before one gets used on you. Do you want that kind of violently built inmate getting released into your community? California started this prison state mess so they should clean it up with a bold new solution. The misguided youth that get sent to prison need to learn a trade or get schooling to learn how to live and pay bills. Otherwise the gangs become their guides.
In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing--to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals. Roll Call by Glenn Langohr-Amazon http://www.lockdownpublishing.com Out of prison, I started sending inspirational postcards into prisons to help other prisoners see a better future through writing and art.
Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction-sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic-of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.PR Newswire articles
March 13, 2012
Glenn Langohr's New Books-'"Roll Call" & "Lock Up Diaries," Expose the True Story of How the Son of a Sheriff and His Buddies Videoed the Gang Raping of an Underage Girl
In Glenn Langohr's novel Roll Call, the Haidl rape case unravels in gruesome detail and exposes all the dirty little secrets. The case drew national attention in part because Haidl's father was the assistant sheriff of Orange County, California. In Glenn Langohr's, Lock Up Diaries, he takes the reader inside of California's hardest core prison where prison vigilante justice on sex offenders is a matter of honor for many inmates who have been abused in childhood themselves.
Glenn Langohr-Portrayed as B.J in Roll Call
"Those without sin cast the first stone" A district attorney receives video evidence of his son dealing drugs from a released Pelican Bay inmate.
San Clemente
Roll Call by Glenn Langohr takes the reader into the story behind the story of the Haidl rape case. In prison on drug charges during the writing of "Roll Call", Glenn Langohr felt the rape victim's pain and further embarrassment of being labeled, "a promiscuous girl who aspired to be a porn star", by private investigators and attorneys intent to clear the son of the sheriff of rape charges.
"I was sick of the hypocrisy of our criminal justice system," Glenn stated.
Though "Roll Call" is a drug war novel with the intent to bring compassion and smart on crime back to the Justice System, the thread with the Haidl rape case is one of many twist and turns of corruption uncovered for social justice in his books. $19.99 paperback or 3.99 with kindle on Amazon
Kirkus Discoveries- "A Master Director of modern pulp thrillers and a harrowing down-and-dirty depiction of the War on Drugs, sometimes reminiscent of Solderburgh's Traffic, by former dealer, California artist Langohr."
Also by Glenn Langohr- "Lock Up Diaries- A California Pelican Bay Prison Story Series"
A depiction of life inside of prison and a look at the political landscape between races, segregated by cell after being released from the Pelican Bay SHU in California. The amazing details of prison life - code words that prisoners use, explanations of how they communicate from cell to cell - really make you feel you have entered a different world, or like you are watching a movie. .99 cents with kindle on Amazon
"A raw, breathless descent through the inner circle of the California Penal Hell. Fraught with detail that only someone who's been there could know." Review by Phillip Doran, author of A Reluctant Tuscan
After a decade in prison on drug charges, Glenn Langohr's vision is to help other drug addicted and lost prisoners find their voice through writing and art. He uses prison art for some of his book covers and started a publishing company, lockdownpublishing.com to open a new avenue for prison authors. Past radio interviews include KSBR 88.5 in Orange County and Buy Back America in Utah
Interviews and review copies available upon requestPR Newswire articles
Glenn Langohr-Portrayed as B.J in Roll Call
"Those without sin cast the first stone" A district attorney receives video evidence of his son dealing drugs from a released Pelican Bay inmate.
San Clemente
Roll Call by Glenn Langohr takes the reader into the story behind the story of the Haidl rape case. In prison on drug charges during the writing of "Roll Call", Glenn Langohr felt the rape victim's pain and further embarrassment of being labeled, "a promiscuous girl who aspired to be a porn star", by private investigators and attorneys intent to clear the son of the sheriff of rape charges.
"I was sick of the hypocrisy of our criminal justice system," Glenn stated.
Though "Roll Call" is a drug war novel with the intent to bring compassion and smart on crime back to the Justice System, the thread with the Haidl rape case is one of many twist and turns of corruption uncovered for social justice in his books. $19.99 paperback or 3.99 with kindle on Amazon
Kirkus Discoveries- "A Master Director of modern pulp thrillers and a harrowing down-and-dirty depiction of the War on Drugs, sometimes reminiscent of Solderburgh's Traffic, by former dealer, California artist Langohr."
Also by Glenn Langohr- "Lock Up Diaries- A California Pelican Bay Prison Story Series"
A depiction of life inside of prison and a look at the political landscape between races, segregated by cell after being released from the Pelican Bay SHU in California. The amazing details of prison life - code words that prisoners use, explanations of how they communicate from cell to cell - really make you feel you have entered a different world, or like you are watching a movie. .99 cents with kindle on Amazon
"A raw, breathless descent through the inner circle of the California Penal Hell. Fraught with detail that only someone who's been there could know." Review by Phillip Doran, author of A Reluctant Tuscan
After a decade in prison on drug charges, Glenn Langohr's vision is to help other drug addicted and lost prisoners find their voice through writing and art. He uses prison art for some of his book covers and started a publishing company, lockdownpublishing.com to open a new avenue for prison authors. Past radio interviews include KSBR 88.5 in Orange County and Buy Back America in Utah
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March 12, 2012
State Crime Data is Lacking Due to the Drug War
The criminal records system California relies on to stop child abusers from working in schools and violent felons from buying guns is so poorly maintained that it routinely fails to alert officials to a subject's full criminal history. The other side of this issue is that a list of possible matches appears, denying work or gun ownership for those without a criminal history, or one that has been expunged. Imagine trying to get a job, in an already depressed economy, and the background check returns a bunch of possible arrest and convictions, that aren't even accurate.
Information from millions of records buried at courts and law enforcement agencies has never been entered in the system. This overwhelming amount of information is then haphazardly rushed into possible matches and isn't accurate. Tough on crime platforms have destroyed the criminal justice system because for a District Attorney seeking to climb the ladder or enter politics a soft on crime look will stain their reputation or get them fired. In Orange County, California, a ninety nine percent conviction record is where the bar is set but look at the fact that six out of ten convicted cases that reach the Supreme Court are overturned for reasons like ineffective councel, leading the nation. This means justice has been thrown out the window and the right to a fair trial and the right to adequate defense is no longer viable. In other cases brought before the district attorney, police officers are trained to charge the suspect of a crime with as many possible charges relating to one charge as possible to make it easy for a plea bargain, also helping keep that ninety nine percent conviction ratio. Imagine just being released from jail or prison after not being defended properly or over zealously prosecuted, and now you are trying to find employment and the background check the employer runs shows a list of possible crimes not even committed!
Are we creating laws faster than good sense provides in the interest of tough on crime political stances? Are all these new laws creating a police state and only beneficial to people who have government jobs and unions to push even more law and early retirement benefits? When considering that unemployment in California is leading the nation at approximately ten percent and then realize even those numbers don't show the percentage of released prisoners who aren't even on the radar. The unemployment numbers are actually much higher and the result of too many petty laws putting too many people in jail or prison and completely forgetting about redemption or rehabilitation.
In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing--to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals. http://www.lockdownpublishing.com
Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.
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Information from millions of records buried at courts and law enforcement agencies has never been entered in the system. This overwhelming amount of information is then haphazardly rushed into possible matches and isn't accurate. Tough on crime platforms have destroyed the criminal justice system because for a District Attorney seeking to climb the ladder or enter politics a soft on crime look will stain their reputation or get them fired. In Orange County, California, a ninety nine percent conviction record is where the bar is set but look at the fact that six out of ten convicted cases that reach the Supreme Court are overturned for reasons like ineffective councel, leading the nation. This means justice has been thrown out the window and the right to a fair trial and the right to adequate defense is no longer viable. In other cases brought before the district attorney, police officers are trained to charge the suspect of a crime with as many possible charges relating to one charge as possible to make it easy for a plea bargain, also helping keep that ninety nine percent conviction ratio. Imagine just being released from jail or prison after not being defended properly or over zealously prosecuted, and now you are trying to find employment and the background check the employer runs shows a list of possible crimes not even committed!
Are we creating laws faster than good sense provides in the interest of tough on crime political stances? Are all these new laws creating a police state and only beneficial to people who have government jobs and unions to push even more law and early retirement benefits? When considering that unemployment in California is leading the nation at approximately ten percent and then realize even those numbers don't show the percentage of released prisoners who aren't even on the radar. The unemployment numbers are actually much higher and the result of too many petty laws putting too many people in jail or prison and completely forgetting about redemption or rehabilitation.
In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing--to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals. http://www.lockdownpublishing.com
Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.
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March 11, 2012
Glenn Langohr: In Prison on Drug Charges for 10 Years, Now Author Of 5 Books, Roll Call, Upon Release and the Series, A California Pelican Bay Prison Story
In his drug war novel Roll Call, Glenn Langohr illustrates how the U.S. has made drugs more desirable by making them taboo, which has increased the demand for them, throwing gasoline on Mexican cartel wars, along with breeding gangs in California's prisons.
Glenn Langohr-Portrayed as B.J in Roll Call
"Those without sin cast the first stone." A released Pelican Bay inmate sends video evidence of a District Attorney's son selling drugs in Roll Call
San Clemente, CA
"For the last 6 years of my incarceration I woke up at 4 AM every morning to write, before the on-rush of prison life took over, to finish my drug war novel Roll Call." States Langohr, "I felt compelled to write, to open the eyes of the community, that the drug war is a spiritual war."
Roll Call, available in print and e-book retailers, follows Glenn Langohr's path portrayed as B.J.; from being raised by the Angelic mother he is torn from, to becoming a drug dealer, always trying to find a way out of the dark life of an addict.
In another thread the path of three large Mexican cartel members have a hungry quest to obtain U.S. money and delves into how the Sinaloa and Michoacán cartels commit thousands of murders and deceptions for control of the drug trade.
The cartel paths inevitably meet B.J. in Orange County, California leading to a roller coaster ride of excitement through drug smuggling cartels, to street gangs, to outlaw bikers, all trying to get their piece of the action. Add a good detective squeezed out of the loop by an overzealous narcotic detective; a robust prison union trying to call the shots; and a handful of other drug criminals trying to hold on to their conscience; and, you have the perfect recipe for a revolutionary uprising, bound by blood; all leaving the reader wondering, who are the real criminals?
Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media Review "A Harrowing down-and-dirty depiction of the U.S. War on Drugs, sometimes reminiscent of Soderbergh's Traffic, by former dealer, California artist Langohr."
Upon Release from prison, Glenn Langohr finished the sequel to Roll Call, Upon Release, along with A California Pelican Bay Prison Story, Lock Up Diaries and Gladiator. He started Lockdownpublishing to help other prisoners turn their lives around through writing and art. See his u-tube video.
Roll Call is available in print for 19.99 and .99 cents in e-book at all retailers.
The sequel to Roll Call, Upon Release , A California Pelican Bay Prison Story-Race Riot, Lock Up Diaries and Gladiator is available for .99 cents in e-book.
Available for interviews and speaking engagements.PR Newswire articles
Glenn Langohr-Portrayed as B.J in Roll Call
"Those without sin cast the first stone." A released Pelican Bay inmate sends video evidence of a District Attorney's son selling drugs in Roll Call
San Clemente, CA
"For the last 6 years of my incarceration I woke up at 4 AM every morning to write, before the on-rush of prison life took over, to finish my drug war novel Roll Call." States Langohr, "I felt compelled to write, to open the eyes of the community, that the drug war is a spiritual war."
Roll Call, available in print and e-book retailers, follows Glenn Langohr's path portrayed as B.J.; from being raised by the Angelic mother he is torn from, to becoming a drug dealer, always trying to find a way out of the dark life of an addict.
In another thread the path of three large Mexican cartel members have a hungry quest to obtain U.S. money and delves into how the Sinaloa and Michoacán cartels commit thousands of murders and deceptions for control of the drug trade.
The cartel paths inevitably meet B.J. in Orange County, California leading to a roller coaster ride of excitement through drug smuggling cartels, to street gangs, to outlaw bikers, all trying to get their piece of the action. Add a good detective squeezed out of the loop by an overzealous narcotic detective; a robust prison union trying to call the shots; and a handful of other drug criminals trying to hold on to their conscience; and, you have the perfect recipe for a revolutionary uprising, bound by blood; all leaving the reader wondering, who are the real criminals?
Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media Review "A Harrowing down-and-dirty depiction of the U.S. War on Drugs, sometimes reminiscent of Soderbergh's Traffic, by former dealer, California artist Langohr."
Upon Release from prison, Glenn Langohr finished the sequel to Roll Call, Upon Release, along with A California Pelican Bay Prison Story, Lock Up Diaries and Gladiator. He started Lockdownpublishing to help other prisoners turn their lives around through writing and art. See his u-tube video.
Roll Call is available in print for 19.99 and .99 cents in e-book at all retailers.
The sequel to Roll Call, Upon Release , A California Pelican Bay Prison Story-Race Riot, Lock Up Diaries and Gladiator is available for .99 cents in e-book.
Available for interviews and speaking engagements.PR Newswire articles
March 10, 2012
Glenn Langohr Spent 10 Years Incarcerated on Drug Charges Where He Changed His Life Writing Roll Call, Now a Big Seller on Amazon
Glenn Langohr Spent 10 Years Incarcerated on Drug Charges Where He Changed His Life Through Writing His Novel Roll Call, Now a Big Seller on Amazon
In Roll Call, Glenn Langohr takes the reader on a journey from his runaway childhood, to addict and drug dealer, deeper into the drug war for an inside look at Mexican cartel wars, corrupt narcotic detectives and a California Prison Union bent on breeding bigger criminals.
ShareThis Email PDF Print . .Glenn Langohr, author of Roll Call
"By incarcerating drug offenders we're breeding an addiction into an affliction much harder to escape."
San Clemente, Ca (PRWEB) December 30, 2011
Roll Call by Glenn Langohr, available in print and E-book, delves into a true account of his drug dealing past, that turned into trumped up organized crime charges over a bad business deal with the fabricator of Custom Craft Harley Davidson's. Then, the novel follows his path through the prison system to reveal how the California Prison Union used terror tactics with then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger relating to the 3 Strike's Law. Harvard lawyers have since confirmed with "A shameful lie."
Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media
"A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr."
Glenn Langohr's vision is to influence more smart on crime and redemption. He writes prisoners at the most zealous prisons, like Pelican Bay to inspire them to take what they have been through and turn it into a blessing through writing and art. See his youtube video for more.
Other books by Glenn Langohr: Upon Release, sequel to Roll Call, A California Pelican Bay Prison Story Vol 1, Lock Up Diaries Vol 2 and Gladiator Vol 3. Available on Amazon.
Roll Call in print $19.99 and $3.99 in E-book.
Upon Release 2.99 in E-Book- Upon Release from Pelican Bay Prison, B.J struggles not to look back at the Criminal Justice System that tried to kill him. Inspired to help prisoners turn their lives around through art, he tries to work for the church. Running into judgment, the church doesn't tell the shelter he lives at he was volunteering his time helping orphans and B.J is on the run again. Add a beautiful ballerina, a good cop squeezed out of the loop by overzealous detectives, a prison protest to help the voiceless, and the temptation to do a massive drug run from Mexico, and you have the perfect recipe for a Spiritual revolution, where compassion is missing, all leaving the reader wondering; who are the real criminals?
A California Pelican Bay Prison Story-Race Riot, $2.99 in E-book- A penetrating look inside of one California's most dangerous prisons.
B.J, a drug dealer serving time, struggling to hold on to truth and his faith in God, takes the reader on a never before seen, inside look at a California level 4 prison. The inner dynamics between prison guards, gang investigators and the Warden are on display along with the political climate between races with a war brewing between the Mexicans and Blacks. A piercing account of the process for gang validation into solitary confinement at Pelican Bay's SHU through the eyes of inmates struggling to survive gang wars, in prison drug debts, prison politics, rules and regulations, and ultimately power and control, while desperately trying to find a path for redemption along the way.
A California Pelican Bay Prison Story Vol 2 Lock Up Diaries, $2.99 in E-book
A California Pelican Bay Prison Story Vol 3 Gladiator, $2.99 in E-book
Interviews and copies for review available upon request.PR Newswire articles
In Roll Call, Glenn Langohr takes the reader on a journey from his runaway childhood, to addict and drug dealer, deeper into the drug war for an inside look at Mexican cartel wars, corrupt narcotic detectives and a California Prison Union bent on breeding bigger criminals.
ShareThis Email PDF Print . .Glenn Langohr, author of Roll Call
"By incarcerating drug offenders we're breeding an addiction into an affliction much harder to escape."
San Clemente, Ca (PRWEB) December 30, 2011
Roll Call by Glenn Langohr, available in print and E-book, delves into a true account of his drug dealing past, that turned into trumped up organized crime charges over a bad business deal with the fabricator of Custom Craft Harley Davidson's. Then, the novel follows his path through the prison system to reveal how the California Prison Union used terror tactics with then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger relating to the 3 Strike's Law. Harvard lawyers have since confirmed with "A shameful lie."
Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media
"A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr."
Glenn Langohr's vision is to influence more smart on crime and redemption. He writes prisoners at the most zealous prisons, like Pelican Bay to inspire them to take what they have been through and turn it into a blessing through writing and art. See his youtube video for more.
Other books by Glenn Langohr: Upon Release, sequel to Roll Call, A California Pelican Bay Prison Story Vol 1, Lock Up Diaries Vol 2 and Gladiator Vol 3. Available on Amazon.
Roll Call in print $19.99 and $3.99 in E-book.
Upon Release 2.99 in E-Book- Upon Release from Pelican Bay Prison, B.J struggles not to look back at the Criminal Justice System that tried to kill him. Inspired to help prisoners turn their lives around through art, he tries to work for the church. Running into judgment, the church doesn't tell the shelter he lives at he was volunteering his time helping orphans and B.J is on the run again. Add a beautiful ballerina, a good cop squeezed out of the loop by overzealous detectives, a prison protest to help the voiceless, and the temptation to do a massive drug run from Mexico, and you have the perfect recipe for a Spiritual revolution, where compassion is missing, all leaving the reader wondering; who are the real criminals?
A California Pelican Bay Prison Story-Race Riot, $2.99 in E-book- A penetrating look inside of one California's most dangerous prisons.
B.J, a drug dealer serving time, struggling to hold on to truth and his faith in God, takes the reader on a never before seen, inside look at a California level 4 prison. The inner dynamics between prison guards, gang investigators and the Warden are on display along with the political climate between races with a war brewing between the Mexicans and Blacks. A piercing account of the process for gang validation into solitary confinement at Pelican Bay's SHU through the eyes of inmates struggling to survive gang wars, in prison drug debts, prison politics, rules and regulations, and ultimately power and control, while desperately trying to find a path for redemption along the way.
A California Pelican Bay Prison Story Vol 2 Lock Up Diaries, $2.99 in E-book
A California Pelican Bay Prison Story Vol 3 Gladiator, $2.99 in E-book
Interviews and copies for review available upon request.PR Newswire articles
March 9, 2012
No New Taxes for Prisons
As the state seeks to cut crowding, voters favor sentencing modifications for three strike penalties and other non violent drug crimes. The economy plays a major role along with the awareness of a futile drug war and tough sentencing laws that didn't work out as expected. Tough on crime political stances and tough sentencing laws that started in the 1980's during the crack cocaine epidemic, and the three strikes law in 1994 has targeted non violent criminals for drug habits and crimes relating to petty theft and residential burglaries. The Supreme Court ruled the release of 33,000 prisoners due to cruel and unusual punishment concerning health and safety issues where inmates are stacked in triple bunks. One inmate death per 8 days that could have been avoided with adequate medical attention was the kicker.
With further awareness that non violent inmates, most for drug related crimes, are becoming institutionalized, where an addiction is bred into an affliction much harder to escape, where gangs and tattoos become the answer, spitting displaced, alienated inmates back into the neighborhood without any job placement or a new skill set, equals the need for more and more prisons. The public has had enough on both sides of the party lines with the majority of Democrats and Republicans voting more than 60% for sentence modification for crimes like shoplifting and other petty offenses, rather than increase taxes to build even more prisons. 70% said they would have no problem with early releases without sentencing modifications for non violent offenders a poll from Washington.
In California there are already 33 state prisons. The most in the nation. California also has the worst recidivism percentage in the nation with more than 70% of released inmates are back behind bars within three years. Nevada however, has the lowest rate of return for released prisoners because they have job placement into sanitation jobs upon their release.
Linda DeVill of American Viewpoint said, "Voters are looking for solutions that don't raise taxes or take money from education."
It is about time our politicians swing the other way. Smart on crime has to include redemption and common sense about sentencing laws that consider the prison system as a whole. It doesn't make sense to send a drug addict without any prior violence to prison where the violent criminals indoctrinate them into gangs. With Nevada as the example leading the way with smart on crime placement programs for released inmates into sanitation jobs, the rest of the country, starting with California, has to catch up.
In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing--to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals. I started http://www.lockdownpublishing.com to help inmates turn their lives around through writing and art. A review from NY for my drug war novel Roll Call by Glenn Langohr-Amazon
Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media
discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction-sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic-of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.
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With further awareness that non violent inmates, most for drug related crimes, are becoming institutionalized, where an addiction is bred into an affliction much harder to escape, where gangs and tattoos become the answer, spitting displaced, alienated inmates back into the neighborhood without any job placement or a new skill set, equals the need for more and more prisons. The public has had enough on both sides of the party lines with the majority of Democrats and Republicans voting more than 60% for sentence modification for crimes like shoplifting and other petty offenses, rather than increase taxes to build even more prisons. 70% said they would have no problem with early releases without sentencing modifications for non violent offenders a poll from Washington.
In California there are already 33 state prisons. The most in the nation. California also has the worst recidivism percentage in the nation with more than 70% of released inmates are back behind bars within three years. Nevada however, has the lowest rate of return for released prisoners because they have job placement into sanitation jobs upon their release.
Linda DeVill of American Viewpoint said, "Voters are looking for solutions that don't raise taxes or take money from education."
It is about time our politicians swing the other way. Smart on crime has to include redemption and common sense about sentencing laws that consider the prison system as a whole. It doesn't make sense to send a drug addict without any prior violence to prison where the violent criminals indoctrinate them into gangs. With Nevada as the example leading the way with smart on crime placement programs for released inmates into sanitation jobs, the rest of the country, starting with California, has to catch up.
In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing--to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals. I started http://www.lockdownpublishing.com to help inmates turn their lives around through writing and art. A review from NY for my drug war novel Roll Call by Glenn Langohr-Amazon
Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media
discoveries@kirkusreviews.com
A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction-sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic-of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Glen...
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