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Hello,
I would like this letter to be submitted as a public comment. My name is Valentina Knight. I am currently incarcerated. In 2015 myseffand my then boyfriend checked into a room at the
Bellagio Hotel that he said a friend booked for us for half price. When we checked in my boyfriend presented the front desk with a credit card that he opened in an Alias. The clerk said the prepaid reservation was fraudulent and that we need to go with security. We were charged
with fraud. My boyfriend said that everything would be ok, not to speak to police only speak to our shared lawyer. Well we were given a 4-10 year suspended sentence for that crime in 2016.
In 2017 I was revoked for violation of probation and was scared to be'Wsy'fabm my 12-year-old
son for up to 10 years for such a crime. In 2019 the law caught up with me; I was then 2 weeks
pregnant. I had my new son in prison and can possibly stand to be away from him for up to 10
years for fraudulent cards my codefendant had in his name and a room booked that cost
$557.00. Since then I have learned I wasn't even supposed to qualify for the "Burgtary" I was
charged with because of the amount of the money involved in the crime, coupled with the fact
that one can only be charged with a burglarylf a business if the crime was committed on the
property outside of business hours and or if one were charged with two or more petit larceny
charges the preceding seven years or less prior to the crime. Neither were the case for me. That
is why I am asking for retroactivlty for non-violent criminals like myself. The punishment did not
fit the crime and my children are suffering because of it. When I became of felon status because
of this my life went downhill. Please consider our pleas for people in similar predicaments like
myself and children. Please make assembly bill 236 retroactive.
Thank you in advance! Valentina Knight MCI 949 N 9th Street
Milwaukee, Wl 53233
H^old Lev #91424 ^ SJ>»^^^ a5 PaUic. C.<v,^ ^ H^
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Re: ACAJ / Sentencing Commission
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As a non-violent inmate housed in NDOC for a period of 10 years to life, I am compelled
to tell you how I got here. At the time of my arrest I was raising (2) small children and miming a successful small
business in Reno, NV, taxpaymg productive citizen that simply relapsed, once more, from using a nasty, illicit controlled substance. The sentence enforced by the court (a mandatory minimum),
devastated my family, our children and my business. My behavior and the consequences rest squarely on my shoulders. I just wish a drug treatment option was offered / available to me. I also understand that the court was required to sentence me as such under those sentencing
guidelines. As a young man, I spent 10 years inside ofNDOC. Towards the end of this prison
sentence, I was offered a court ran drug-treatment program called the "184-Program." The
records will reflect that I did extremely well, thriving in the structured environment. Part of the
program was even revamped after some of my successes. Unfortunately, with drug addictions, relapses are a concern and happen more often than not.
With the passing ofAB-236, the law now states that the same low-level amount of a
controlled substance I was in possession of, now only carries a 1-10 year prison sentence.
Certainly the life sentence that I received is excessive and, quite frankly, inappropriate and the
legislative bodies agree as the progressive changes reflect this. With criminal justice reform on everyone's mind, what better way to address prison
overcrowding, the costs of storing these men and women with non-violent drug offenses, then to apply AB-236 retroactive. This legislation will have some meat to it and Nevada can show
leadership towards real criminal justice reform. The savings could be better spent on treatment and rehabilitation for those of us with these addictions. The inmates left behind with the passing
ofAB-236 in its current version just disregards those incarcerated under these outdated laws.
We are real people with families and real lives. Who better to represent this progressive change than those of us given a new lease on life?
Without the members of your committee addressing the retroactivity ofAB-236, then there will be many of us incarcerated, "doing time" for crimes where treatment is a much better
answer to the question. As it stands right now, I will have to do 10 calendar years before I can
even appear in front of a Parole Board for a low-level amount of a controlled substance. We want you to know that AB-236 is a step in the right direction, but it falls short, not
addressing those of us incarcerated. Please reconsider amending AB-236 to reflect this charge so that this new legislation
affects all the people. Thank you for your time.
Respectfully,
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FAIRFIELD — Members of the Solano Community College African-American Male Scholars Club asked themselves why young men, specifically young black men, would join a gang.
"Because of false support," said club member Ron Glover.
Young, confused and impressionable men want a support system. Glover said. A gang gives them that support, but it's not genuine or positive - it's manipulative.
The Afncan-American Male Scholars Club formed at the college last semester to give black men an alternative to gangs and other negative support systems.
When the club was founded, the main objective was to develop black male scholars. But in the past few months, the club has grown into a brotherhood, one
where members say they support one another and the community while encouraging college education.
"Last year we didn't know each other," said President Troy Finley. "This year, we all became brothers."
The group targets black men, though it is open to all races and genders. The reason for this, members said, is because of need.
Rahim Muhammad, the club's vice president, said one only needs to look at
statistics to see that young black men have the highest rate of violence and homicides in the United States.
"How do we stop this?" Muhammad said. "How do we become part of this solution?"
A small group of Solano College students, including Muhammad and Finley, came together to address that issue. Glover said people want a support system, and their club strives to give it to them.
The members give one another academic and personal support, which includes helping out with everyday things.
One of their brothers is undergoing cancer treatment, Muhammad said. To help
him out, they drive him to and from school, and help with chores and shopping, among other things.
"If a brother calls and needs help, one or two of us will always be there,"
MEuhammad said.
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Troy Finley, right, and Rahim Muhammad, left, of the African American Male Scholars, walk around the area of East Travis Boulevard
and Kidder Avenue passing out voter registration forms and encouraging people to vote. (Robinson Kuntz/DaUy Republic)
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February 11, 2021
Dear Sentencing Commission,
I have submitted several letters to you, regarding Kashun Boyd ). I request the letters that were
sent be added as a public statement at the next sentencing meeting on February 19, 2021.
Sincerely,
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January 13,2021
Depart of Sentencing Policy
Golden Life Wellness has been providing services for several years to the underprivileged
population in Las Vegas. One of the services we provide is Mental Health assessments. Golden
Life provides therapy, housing assistance, basic needs training and medical services.
Kashun Boyd , upon release, v»'i!! receive the above-mentioned services. Vi/e have worked
directly with released prisoners. The clinic will offer the services Kashun will need/ upon his
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PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMITTED BY EMAIL #1
Hello, my name is Valerie, and my son is incarcerated at Southern Desert Correctional Center. I am a member of Return Strong and I am here to respond to statements made by Director Daniels at the December 9th, 2020 Sentencing Commission meeting and hope to actually understand where his information is coming from. I have been following the policy changes and watching the difference between what is said and what is done closely throughout the pandemic. My son is seriously ill and has an autoimmune disorder that makes him very susceptible to bad outcomes if he contracts COVID. As a matter of fact, we have been trying to apply for his compassionate release, with no success or even response. He was just in the hospital a few weeks ago, which resulted in a $110,000 medical bill that we will owe since he is incarcerated. Since his return to prison, he still isn’t getting the ordered medications and care, yet Director Daniels repeatedly states he treats each person as vulnerable. How is that possible when he doesn’t treat the vulnerable as vulnerable.
Director Daniels stated in the last meeting that the inmates were being tested once a week for Covid-19, but that is just not true. My son has not been tested one time during the pandemic. Not at High Desert. Not before he went to the hospital. Not when he returned from the hospital and not since he has been at SDCC. And he is VERY vulnerable. He isn’t alone, we have many hundreds of letters stating that since the beginning of the pandemic lockdown in March through the time of this meeting, that they were only tested once or twice, and at a maximum of 4-5 times. The director’s claim of weekly, scheduled testing is untrue and reckless to make the public think that the department was testing inmates at regular intervals and ensuring a safe atmosphere.
Now that there has been widespread outbreaks at the prisons, the goal is to work towards vaccination at the facilities and the department needs to be transparent about the path forward in regard to that goal as they have not been honest or transparent about the testing of the inmates.
Again, if these were your loved ones wouldn’t you be calling for full transparency and accountability?
PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMITTED BY EMAIL #2
Good Morning, my name is Ashley and I am a member of Return Strong and have a loved one incarcerated at NDOC. I am here to respond to statements made by Director Daniels at the December 9, 2020 sentencing commission meeting that conflict with my LO experience and what we have heard from incarcerated people across the state.
Director Daniels has stated that each inmate has been issued two masks but my fiancée has only received one and has told me that some of the other inmates haven't received any. It is widely reported that they have never received new masks since the first ones were issued. In addition, most reports state that during the midst of the massive outbreaks, C/Os were. Not wearing masks correctly, and many were wearing gators. When incarcerated people would ask staff to mask up, they were often retaliated against or mocked and told that “I’m going home tonight, I don’t care if you get sick”.
He told about Prison Industries making hand sanitizer that isn’t available to inmates because of
this “urban legend” about people drinking it. There may have been some, but there is a disciplinary process to deal with that that doesn’t require implementing group discipline that puts the other 9,000 people at risk, especially when soap and hot water are a limited resource. This could have easily been solved by putting portable hand sanitizer stations on the tier and near the phones, but it was all or nothing.
Also it was stated that testing would be done weekly but he hasn't been tested in over a month. They did give them N95 masks, but they were not fitted, and without proper fit, they’re useless. We believe my husband, who is high risk, has caught COVID twice, we can’t confirm that because he was never tested.
I am deeply concerned to hear the Director stand in front of us and tell a story that does not reflect the experiences of my loved one personally OR the experiences of the hundreds of incarcerated people that have reached out to us throughout the pandemic.
I remember one letter from a person at WSCC or NNCC, and they said that they were so sick, and turning blue. Medical would not even come to give them relief medications. He believed he was dying that night. The letter told of how he wrote good-bye letters for his family and gave them to someone to mail and then wrote to us. He made it, but how is that the best we can do. Director Daniels, I am concerned that maybe you are deeply out of touch with what has happened inside the walls to people you are supposed to be providing care for during their incarceration. We have to do better and we have to start with the truth.
PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMITTED BY EMAIL #3
My name is Denise Bolaños and I am a member of return strong.
Thank you to the commission for the opportunity to provide public comment, you see without these public spaces I don’t believe that we would have any kind of voice on the matters brought up at these meetings.
Matters that directly concern and affect us. Director Daniels mentioned at the previous sentencing commission meeting in December that groups such as ours have other avenues to be able to be heard by him and that our voices matter and they are heard. So far that hasn’t been the case however and that’s unfortunate because the concerns of NDOC and the ones of the families of the incarcerated, at the end of the day are one in the same. I want my husband to be healthy and safe and thriving in this environment for as long as he is there as much as I am sure director Daniels wants his staff to be safe and healthy and thriving. One cannot exist without the other. And yet That cannot happen in an environment where there is constant injustice, negligence and miscommunication. For example, We all lose when the department is short staffed or understaffed in any facility because it leads to our loved ones paying for that in the way of lock downs that the officers need to implement as a result and it makes the officers jobs harder as well. we both lose in this example. Alternatively, we can also both benefit in certain situations. incarcerated people being mentally, emotionally and physically healthy and strengthening ties with families matters just as much as officers not having to work as long and as hard to fill in those gaps and that means that the work life balance improves so they are also able to nurture family bonds. Every one of us benefits from a less stressful and hectic working and living environment within NDOC. Give families a chance to work with you through
communication and collaboration because when it comes down to it, our interests are one in the same.
Denise Bolaños Heredia
PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMITTED BY EMAIL #4
Good Morning, my name is Amber, and I am a member of Return Strong and have a loved one incarcerated in NDOC. Director Daniels had made statements during the December 9th, 2020 Sentencing Commission that were not forthcoming and lacking important information.
Director Daniels stated that he has an obligation to keep people confined until they are appropriately designated the right to go home. Which is fair, and true. Unfortunately, that has not been happening. We have been tracking the parole action reports every month in January there were close to 150 people who had either expired their sentence and were not released, as in the case of Connie Arnold who was kept past her expiration AND contracted COVID. Or they were granted parole, In the case of Robert Bowman, he was granted that right to go
home, and granted parole in the spring of 2020 but passed away from COVID in December 2020, while waiting to be released on a non-violent offense. He was serving a 1-3 year sentence for a DUI and the state allowed that to turn into a death sentence. I want to actually address the commission for a moment to say, Nevada has an issue with sentencing. We over incarcerate and criminalize behavior that needs treatment, not prison and that is something that needs to be fixed.
There are others who have had their release dates pushed back due to lack of programing. These individuals are also at risk of succumbing to the torrent of COVID. The goal is to rehabilitate and release those who have proven they are able to be successful members in the community. Instead, their family members are planning funerals. The director may not have control of the fact that there is a global pandemic but he does have control of “the truth” and consequently the poor response of the state as a whole. We are begging for accountability and communication and transparency from NDOC.
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FAIRFIELD — Members of the Solano Community College African-American Male Scholars Club asked themselves why young men, specifically young black men, would join a gang.
"Because of false support," said club member Ron Glover.
Young, confused and impressionable men want a support system. Glover said. A gang gives them that support, but it's not genuine or positive - it's manipulative.
The Afncan-American Male Scholars Club formed at the college last semester to give black men an alternative to gangs and other negative support systems.
When the club was founded, the main objective was to develop black male scholars. But in the past few months, the club has grown into a brotherhood, one where members say they support one another and the community while encouraging college education.
"Last year we didn't know each other," said President Troy Finley. "This year, we all became brothers."
The group targets black men, though it is open to all races and genders. The
reason for this, members said, is because of need.
Rahim Muhammad, the club's vice president, said one only needs to look at
statistics to see that young black men have the highest rate of violence and
homicides in the United States.
"How do we stop this?" Muhammad said. "How do we become part of this
solution?"
A small group of Solano College students, including Muhammad and Finley,
came together to address that issue. Glover said people want a support system,
and their club strives to give it to them.
The members give one another academic and personal support, which includes
helping out with everyday things.
One of their brothers is undergoing cancer treatment, Muhammad said. To help him out, they drive him to and from school, and help with chores and shopping, among other things.
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Hello, my name is Valerie, and my son is incarcerated at Southern Desert Correctional Center. I am a member of Return Strong and I am here to respond to statements made by Director Daniels at the December 9, 2020 Sentencing Commission meeting and hope to actually understand where his information is coming from. I have been following the policy changes and watching the difference between what is said and what is done closely throughout the pandemic. My son is seriously ill and has an autoimmune disorder that
Hello, my name is Valerie, and my son is incarcerated at Southern Desert Correctional Center. I am a member of Return Strong and I am here to respond to statements made by Director Daniels at the December 9, 2020 Sentencing Commission meeting and hope to actually understand where his information is coming from. I have been following the policy changes and watching the difference between what is said and what is done closely throughout the pandemic. My son is seriously ill and has an autoimmune disorder that
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Director Daniels stated in the last meeting that the inmates were being tested once a week for Covid-19, but that is just not true. My son has not been tested one time during the pandemic. Not at High Desert. Not before he went to the hospital. Not when he returned from the hospital and not since he has been at SDCC. And he is VERY vulnerable. He isn’t alone, we have many hundreds of letters stating that since the beginning of the pandemic lockdown in March through the time of this meeting, that they were o
Now that there has been widespread outbreaks at the prisons, the goal is to work towards vaccination at the facilities and the department needs to be transparent about the path forward in regard to that goal as they have not been honest or transparent about the testing of the inmates.
Again, if these were your loved ones wouldn’t you be calling for full transparency and accountability?
Good Morning, my name is Ashley and I am a member of Return Strong and have a loved one incarcerated at NDOC. I am here to respond to statements made by Director Daniels at the December 9, 2020 sentencing commission meeting that conflict with my LO experience and what we have heard from incarcerated people across the state.
Good Morning, my name is Ashley and I am a member of Return Strong and have a loved one incarcerated at NDOC. I am here to respond to statements made by Director Daniels at the December 9, 2020 sentencing commission meeting that conflict with my LO experience and what we have heard from incarcerated people across the state.
Director Daniels has stated that each inmate has been issued two masks but my fiancée has only received one and has told me that some of the other inmates haven't received any. It is widely reported that they have never received new masks since the first ones were issued. In addition, most reports state that during the midst of the massive outbreaks, C/Os were. Not wearing masks correctly, and many were wearing gators. When incarcerated people would ask staff to mask up, they were often retaliated against o
He told about Prison Industries making hand sanitizer that isn’t available to inmates because of
this “urban legend” about people drinking it. There may have been some, but there is a disciplinary process to deal with that that doesn’t require implementing group discipline that puts the other 9,000 people at risk, especially when soap and hot water are a limited resource. This could have easily been solved by putting portable hand sanitizer stations on the tier and near the phones, but it was all or nothing.
Also it was stated that testing would be done weekly but he hasn't been tested in over a month. They did give them N95 masks, but they were not fitted, and without proper fit, they’re useless. We believe my husband, who is high risk, has caught COVID twice, we can’t confirm that because he was never tested.
I am deeply concerned to hear the Director stand in front of us and tell a story that does not reflect the experiences of my loved one personally OR the experiences of the hundreds of incarcerated people that have reached out to us throughout the pandemic.
I remember one letter from a person at WSCC or NNCC, and they said that they were so sick, and turning blue. Medical would not even come to give them relief medications. He believed he was dying that night. The letter told of how he wrote good-bye letters for his family and gave them to someone to mail and then wrote to us. He made it, but how is that the best we can do. Director Daniels, I am concerned that maybe you are deeply out of touch with what has happened inside the walls to people you are supposed
My name is Denise Bolas and I am a member of return strong.
My name is Denise Bolas and I am a member of return strong.
Thank you to the commission for the opportunity to provide public comment, you see without these public spaces I don’t believe that we would have any kind of voice on the matters brought up at these meetings.
Matters that directly concern and affect us. Director Daniels mentioned at the previous sentencing commission meeting in December that groups such as ours have other avenues to be able to be heard by him and that our voices matter and they are heard. So far that hasn’t been the case however and that’s unfortunate because the concerns of NDOC and the ones of the families of the incarcerated, at the end of the day are one in the same. I want my husband to be healthy and safe and thriving in this environment f
Matters that directly concern and affect us. Director Daniels mentioned at the previous sentencing commission meeting in December that groups such as ours have other avenues to be able to be heard by him and that our voices matter and they are heard. So far that hasn’t been the case however and that’s unfortunate because the concerns of NDOC and the ones of the families of the incarcerated, at the end of the day are one in the same. I want my husband to be healthy and safe and thriving in this environment f
communication and collaboration because when it comes down to it, our interests are one in the same.
Denise Bolas Heredia
Good Morning, my name is Amber, and I am a member of Return Strong and have a loved one incarcerated in NDOC. Director Daniels had made statements during the December 9, 2020 Sentencing Commission that were not forthcoming and lacking important information.
Good Morning, my name is Amber, and I am a member of Return Strong and have a loved one incarcerated in NDOC. Director Daniels had made statements during the December 9, 2020 Sentencing Commission that were not forthcoming and lacking important information.
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Director Daniels stated that he has an obligation to keep people confined until they are appropriately designated the right to go home. Which is fair, and true. Unfortunately, that has not been happening. We have been tracking the parole action reports every month in January there were close to 150 people who had either expired their sentence and were not released, as in the case of Connie Arnold who was kept past her expiration AND contracted COVID.
Or they were granted parole, In the case of Robert Bowman, he was granted that right to go home, and granted parole in the spring of 2020 but passed away from COVID in December 2020, while waiting to be released on a non-violent offense. He was serving a 1-3 year sentence for a DUI and the state allowed that to turn into a death sentence. I want to actually address the commission for a moment to say, Nevada has an issue with sentencing. We over incarcerate and criminalize behavior that needs treatment, not
There are others who have had their release dates pushed back due to lack of programing. These individuals are also at risk of succumbing to the torrent of COVID. The goal is to rehabilitate and release those who have proven they are able to be successful members in the community. Instead, their family members are planning funerals. The director may not have control of the fact that there is a global pandemic but he does have control of “the truth” and consequently the poor response of the state as a whole.
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