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BCHC News
John Wills was released from BCHC on June 1, 2002. His first new article Honesty was written while he was still incarcerated, but he choose to withhold publication until he was released.In the second article he reflects on his new Freedom.
BCHC INMATE HANDBOOK
is now online.
View Index or go directly to the Handbook
We have obtained information relevant to John's previous article on Furloughs at BCHC. The additional material was taken from the Inmate Handbook.

Question
Should guards and administration be subject to random drug testing? We believe they should! They should also be held accountable when they are stopped by local police or state troopers, and they are driving under the influence and/or possessing controlled substances. Visit the forum and express your opinion.

Letters
Index
For those who don't read the message board, I have posted this letter Independence Day from Phoenix, which everyone should read!


By "Your Sister"
View From the Outside
Read her 2nd article
The Hawk
By: Linda Hamilton
To the Editor


Message board or Chat


Founder's Forum
Nepotism: Conduit to Corruption


Election 2002 Candidate List
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MCI-Shirley Medium

HepC Treatment Guidelines
Med Care Grievances

Examine the deaf ear of the MA Parole Board in:
Talking to the Rocks
Indexto Bob's Column "From Within"



FCHC:
Michael Graton is back. Read his 2 latest articles
Charity and
Junk Food Junkie
or find all his articles in the Index.





The Founder's Forum
In light of the controversy surrounding the building of new jails, this letter was published in the Greenfield Recorder
A New Jail for Franklin County?

Background papers by Critical Resistance Western Mass on the Franklin County House of Correction and the Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow.
Greenfield       Ludlow

Also read about the conditions at FCHC written by Michael Graton, an inmate. Index to Michael's articles.


Related articles:
$1.2 Million Grant for Jails
Report from the Open Society Institute-Criminal Justice Initiative: Majority of Americans Think U.S. Criminal Justice System is Broken, Ineffective; See Need for Change

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According to Restorative Justice Online, an affiliate of Prison Fellowship Ministries, Restorative justice can be defined as a systematic response to wrongdoing that emphasizes healing the wounds of victims, offenders and communities caused or revealed by crime. Practices and programs reflecting restorative purposes will..... more

The Restorative Justice Paper: Circles

Minnesota State Supreme Court Upholds the Use of Sentencing Circles
Additional Information:
Friends Committee on Restorative Justice: Dialogue Paper Restorative Justice and the Unreachable SoulBy Tony C. Brown (March, 2002)




Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners A link to the United Nation site which provides the full text of the standards.
Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners Full text of the instrument adopted by the UN on December 14, 1990.


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June 18: Due Process Essential Part of Freedoms
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June 11: The Right to Bear Arms
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