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| No Parole (New Law Sentences) - Inmates who committed felony offenses on or after January 1, 1995 are not eligible for discretionary or mandatory parole. These inmates can earn a maximum of 4.5 days for each 30 days served. Inmates who committed their offenses on or after January 1, 1995, are brought into the Department of Corrections provided they receive one year or more for a felony conviction or more than 12 months for multiple felony convictions. http://www.vadoc.state.va.us/offenders/community/p-parole-overview.shtm
Thousand Kites Team of Virginia A Combined Campaign by Virginia Prison Reform Advocacy Groups
Presents a Community Restoration Campaign -- The Sentence Disparity Project -- The Prisoner Literacy, Therapeutic, Vocational Rehabilitation with "earned" Sentence Credit Increase (50%/65%) --The Parole Board Oversight --The Family Bound --Restoration of Voting Rights Campaign
In addition, using low-cost video and the web we will work together to create a public education campaign-calling citizens to play an active role in addressing public safety concerns in Virginia. We will learn how to gather stories from our community to create the type of political change we desire. What has been your and your family members criminal justice, prison experience? What is the change you would like to see occur within Virginia’s criminal justice system?
Register Today for Public Forum in Your Region Call: (804) 562-2123 Register Today for Public Forum in Your Region: (When Registering the 1st Date is for Advocates Only. Please Register and attend the below Public Forum dates only)
Aug. 3: Southwestern Virginia: TBA https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6220/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=23414
Aug. 6: Tidewater: Lamberts Point Community, Recreation Center
1251 W. 42nd Street - Norfolk, VA 23508 - Time: 6pm to 8:15pm https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6220/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=23408 Aug. 8: Northern Virginia: Salem Church Library 2607 Salem Church Road - Fredericksburg, VA 22407 - Time: 2pm to 5pm https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6220/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=23419 Aug. 10: Blue Ridge Region: Quest Bookshop 619 West Main Street - Charlottesville, VA 22903 - Time: 6pm to 9pm https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6220/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=23378 Aug. 12: Central Virginia: Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church 1720 Mechanicsville Turnpike - Richmond - VA -23223.Time: 6pm - 8pm https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6220/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=23409 Thousand Kites Team, AdvoCare, and R.I.H.D.
 Here's How You Can Help Pass This Bill
Suggested Reading: "Profits from Incarceration" 1. Participation in Petition Campaign. Goal: 100,000 Signatures. Downloadable copy of petition: Virginia Prisoner Earned Sentence Credit Petition.doc or click on New Law Petition Tab. 2. Please return completed petitions back by first deadline: September 30, 2010. Mail completed petitions to: RIHD Petition - PO Box 55 - Highland Springs - VA 23075 3. Learn & Share information with your family, friends, community and other prisoners & their families. "Knowledge Empowers" Communicate with your district state legislators (Senator and House Delegate). Write, email, telephone and/or meet with them. Inform them of the bill and that you support and why you support the bill. Ask your elected officials to review the proposed legislation and when it comes across their desk for vote that they support it or a similiar bill. Ask your family, friends, community leaders, religious affiliates to do the same. United and in numbers we must if we are to accomplish our goal. 4. Make sure we have both prisoner, their family and all concerned citizen contact information; especially email addresses. Sign up today by clicking on the below Yahoo group to receive one daily digest: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InMateResource/ -- Always remember knowledge empowers! 5. Listed below is a help guide to assist you. Take a moment to click on each link and become familiar with them. You shall be pleasantly surprised to the wealth of shared information: Va General Assembly: Who's my State Legislator: (know who is your state senator & house delegate are) How to track Va Legislation: How Bills Become Law: Tips for Testifying: Legislative Meetings at Va General Assembly Calendar: 5. Consider becoming a member of RIHD and support our efforts to deter and reduce violence, crime and recidivism/re-incarceration throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. RIHD is nonprofit, all volunteer organization, dependent solely upon donations and volunteerism. Donation of $25 or more is tax-deductible to you and a tremendous help towards continuing our criminal justice reform, keeping this web site up and updated, and much more. However, if you are unable to donate financially, consider volunteering with us a couple hours per month. What a great opportunity for high school and college students/interns, retirees and community service. For more on how you can help our advocacy click on the "Support" tab. 6. You are invited and always welcome to attend our Prisoner & Family Support Advocacy Meeting. Every 3rd Tuesday, from 7pm to 9pm, in the Fellowship Hall of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church - 1720 Mechanicsville Turnpike - Richmond - Virginia 23223. Our meetings are "think-tanks" in nature, where all attendees opinions and shared ideas are always welcome. Currently we are in the planning stages, working with other groups towards a more successful 2011 Virginia General Assembly Session with respect to prison reform initiatives. We can't do this on our own, nor alone! We need prisoners, their families, former felons, advocates, activist and all concerned citizens seeking Justice, Equal Rights, Reform and Accountable within the Ciminal Justice System & the Commonwealth of Virginia. Bring a friend. 
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