Visit Prison Inmates with the John Howard Association

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Katherine Don will organize a trip to visit prison inmates
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The John Howard Association (JHA) is a nonprofit group dedicated to protecting the rights of prisoners in Illinois. The jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers are overcrowded, understaffed, and underfunded. Many inmates have been incarcerated on questionable charges, are abused during their incarceration, and have no support once they are released. The JHA serves as an advocate for Illinois prisoners.

One program run by the JHA is called the Citizen Visiting Program, which recruits volunteers to visit Illinois correctional facilities. This program is one of the only ways that normal citizens can gain access to these prisons. From the JHA web-site:

“Volunteers find the experience rewarding because of the role they play, as citizen observers, in assuring that corrections operations and conditions are fair, humane and safe. Citizen volunteers are among the few non-corrections professionals who see behind the walls of our jai Read More

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perfectburberry
perfectburberry started this discussion on Dec 6, 2011

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京都府の山田啓二知事は５日の１２月定例府議会代表質問で、バーバリーマフラー
受動喫煙防止のため公共施設や飲食店などに禁煙や分煙を義務化する条例を制定する方針を明らかにした。違反した事業者や喫煙者への罰則導入も視野にバーバリー アウトレット
、規制対象施設などを来年度から検討する。飲食業界などから反発も予想され、議論を呼びそうだ。
府では有識者会議の部会が昨年２月に条例化を求める提言をまとめた。府はバーバリー
１０月に立ち上げた「がん対策推進府民会議」に医療団体や飲食業界らの部会を設置し議論を進めている。
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代表質問で山田知事は「部会で行動指針を策定し、それを踏まえて条例への準備をする。京都には外国人が多く訪れるため、先進的な内容になるよう検討する」と答弁した。バーバリー アウトレット
部会では本年度中に府民や事業者に対し、自主的な受動喫煙防止策を求める指針を決め、府は対象施設や罰則などの規制を検討する。
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同様の条例は昨年４月に神奈川県が全国で初めて施行。病院や官公庁で禁煙を義務化し、大規模な飲食店や宿泊施設も禁煙か分煙を選択させ、違反者に罰則もある。兵庫県も条例骨子案を公表した。
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しかし、両県では飲食業界から反対が多数寄せられ、バーバリー財布
神奈川県では慎重な対応を求める議会と対立。当初の全面禁煙方針から大幅後退し、小規模店舗は努力義務にとどまった経緯がある。
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府健康対策課は「議会提案や施行時期は全く未定」とし、「丁寧な議論を重ねながら、内容を検討していきたい」としている。

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Sandra Stephan
Sandra Stephan started this discussion on Feb 12, 2008

i will be more than happy to join, i myself already dislike the fact that all these prisoners that we have in Illinois are being treated bad and are having to live in very unsanitary housing and being crowded… so im ready to do what i can to help them out with any problems that they might be facing

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Why is no one helping this cause?!?

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Official dates for training session and visit

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Katherine Don
Katherine Don started this discussion on Mar 5, 2008

Hi all,

I spoke with the people at The John Howard Association regarding dates for training sessions and prison visits. Assuming we can get ten people to join this campaign, here are possible dates when we could all go together:

Training: March 31, April 2, or April 9. Training sessions are held in the office of The John Howard Association, and are a couple of hours long. Free pizza would be included.

The Visit: April 14, 9:30-2:00, at the Department of Community Supervision and Intervention. This is a small, minimum security jail on the south side.

Please let me know if the above visit date works for you, and which training date would be best. If you have a friend who would be interested in this, please contact them and get them to join the group. Visiting the prisons is a truly unique experience, and I hope this campagin tips so we all get the chance to do it!

Thanks,

Katherine

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Katherine Don
Katherine Don started this discussion on Oct 13, 2007

The John Howard Association (JHA) is a nonprofit group dedicated to protecting the rights of prisoners in Illinois. The jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers are overcrowded, understaffed, and underfunded. Many inmates have been incarcerated on questionable charges, are abused during their incarceration, and have no support once they are released. The JHA serves as an advocate for Illinois prisoners.

One program run by the JHA is called the Citizen Visiting Program, which recruits volunteers to visit Illinois correctional facilities. This program is one of the only ways that normal citizens can gain access to these prisons. From the JHA web-site:

“Volunteers find the experience rewarding because of the role they play, as citizen observers, in assuring that corrections operations and conditions are fair, humane and safe. Citizen volunteers are among the few non-corrections professionals who see behind the walls of our jails, prisons and juvenile facilities.”

Volunteer with the JHA and help protect the rights of this hidden population. Break down the barrier between public knowledge and the abuses of the correctional system. All volunteers must undergo a screening and training process prior to thier visit. The JHA provides transportation for its volunteers. For more information on volunteering click here.

If ten people join, we will all train and volunteer as a group

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