I recently had the pleasure of going to jail in August, and I say pleasure not because it was but because of what I did while I was there. Convincing hundreds that they have the right to vote was one thing, getting them to request a voter registration form and standing together against the sheriffs department was quit another. It all started with me doing it to show other that it could be done. And when I was called in to inmate services I was ridiculed by the sheriff’s them selves, being told I can’t do something has never resonated well with me, ever. But being ignorant of the facts onfelon voting rights is just plan idiotic. I was given my voter registration form because I was down for a misdemeanor and when I was told I was lucky I wasn’t facing a felony other wise I wouldn’t have been given the form that’s when I got concerned with what was being said about felons voting rights. When I told the officer that in fact felons could vote and that I was a 3 time felon and have voted in the past and will continue to vote so long as I live he replied ” Well who are you voting for” I replied “I’ll tell you who I’m not voting for, the guy who signs the checks of the LAPD Steve Cooley and your lucky no ones running against your boss or I’d be voting for them”. With a shocked look in his eyes and open ears of the dozen or so inmates waiting in the office I continued, ” There are only 2 resons why a person can’t vote in California #1 you are in prison and #2 you are on parole for a felony, thats it. Your wrong he rplied, no sir you are I awnsered back. OK convict, back to your cell he replied. And as I walked back I saw an ACLU posting and it hit me, why not have a memo on felon voting rights posted on every dorm in all detention centers across California? So I began my outreach, and you know what? People listened and as they requested voter registration forms they would come back denied their rights because their records reflected a felony. So I began posting the information myself in every dorm and every cell I was moved to, I would right the information on a piece of paper and post it on the wall held by toothpaste. Most people would report back to me saying they were denied the form and so I began somewhat of a petition. I had them right their name and booking number on a list title “Request to have felon voting rights visable posted throughout LA county detention centers”. So that’s what I’m doing now. I hope to get this list to spark an interest from the ACLU, any help out there would be greatly appreciated.

SACRAMENTO – Working with local law enforcement, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today launched version 2.0 of its online parolee database that provides police and sheriff’s deputies faster and more thorough access to offender information, including photos and criminal background.

“The delivery of timely and accurate information is always key in developing positive partnerships and assists all law enforcement agencies to protect public safety,” said CDCR Secretary Matthew L. Cate. “This new LEADS system developed by CDCR parole will provide local law enforcement with detailed information about parolees in their communities.”

“I want to personally thank all participating local law enforcement agencies in working with us to better protect the public by helping to improve this tool to be more precise and user-friendly.”

The enhanced tool, called the Parole Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS 2.0), was developed in partnership by the CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations and Enterprise Information Services, and features a number of improvements including easier navigation, similar to an e-commerce website.

via CDCR Today: Statewide Law Enforcement Access to “Real Time” CDCR Parolee Data Now Available.

Our .org site has gotten a bug and is actually requiring more attention than expected, so there will be a delay. However, here at MyPrisonSpace.com everything should resume as normal but with out a forum.  So please continue to sign up and post any suggestions you’d like.

Latley; we got a few things going on the biggest is Kevin. He came to us from Chino prison about a mth ago and has been trying to get a transfer to NY ever sence. Kevin lives with us and has been a great assest to the family. He’s a great father a good freind and a kind soul. My wife and Ican’t understand why he’s even on parole. Here in California we are facing seriuos budget cuts and parole has been kicking out inmates by force of the feds some without parole. But not Kevin. So stick around and see what happens with Kevin, there will be a video posted on this home page in the next day or 2.

We have moved, so come on down! Your the next contestant on the price is FREEDOM!

http://myprisonspace.org/

Slowly but surly the new theme and lay out for the new site will be done very soon. Maybe 2 weeks. I see some of you from facebook and wanna thank you personally for joining. Some of you are sponsors who have a friend or loved one inside and I just want to tell you that it’s a great thing your doing by posting their profiles. Maybe one day in the future the D.O.C. will figure a way out for supervised low access internet use so they can job search and post resumes prior to release. Until than it’s up to people like you and the others that visit this site to do it.

We are working on a couple new things we’d like to introduce along with the updated site so please stay tuned!