by Wayne T. Dowdy On January 5, 2016, I wrote about Alphonso D. in “Freedom for a Friend,” whom President Obama had freed from an unjust sentence of life-without-parole. The President granted Alphonso’s petition for commutation of sentence and gave him another chance at life in the free society. ANOTHER FRIEND FREED: I am grateful…
Changing Public Image of Prisoners
by Wayne T. Dowdy Every major news network feeds the public negative reports about those who commit crimes. Understandably, the negative press induces abhorrence, antipathy and fear towards those who commit crimes and go to prison. Some of those who receive the negative press are ex-offenders who returned to old behaviors upon release (recidivist), and…
REENTRY PROGRAMS WILL REDUCE RECIDIVISM
by Wayne T. Dowdy Thousands of American prisoners are released each year. Statistically, almost half of them will return to prison within eight years of release, costing American taxpayers billions of dollars each year. The 2014 average cost of incarceration for federal offenders was over $30,000. On July 10, 2016, the Federal Bureau of Prisons…
BLOGS, BOOKS and GOOGLE
By Wayne T. Dowdy I have a beef with Google for damaging my reputation with inaccurate information. I will explain. Please do not judge UNKNOWN INNOCENCE based upon what I write in this blog, because the novel is about much more than prison and these repulsive characters. DESPICABLE CHARACTERS: In one blog I included an…