Phase 1.
I have noticed an alarming trend of people being incarcerated for life for doing a minor crime. The United States claims to be a 1st world country yet the actions and treatment of prisoners and the elderly and the poor in fact, give us a whole new picture!
What are prisoners’ rights in America?
Although prisoners do not have full constitutional rights, they are protected by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. This protection also requires that prisoners be afforded a minimum standard of living. The word Minimum? must mean a bare existence? I know there is no privacy, whether you are in for a low crime or murder, I know you are chained like an animal, and subjected to unknown types of violence and not just by the prisoners.
How are prisoners treated in US prisons?
American prisons are dangerous. Most are understaffed and overpopulated. Overpopulated earning money for shareholders? check out https://investor.vanguard.com/corporate-portal/
Because of inadequate supervision, people in our prisons are exposed to incredible amounts of violence, including sexual violence.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights An interesting read…
The next blog will be about a man called M. A. Glaros
CDCR#55488, Michael, who is married and has been incarcerated for 24 years for a minor crime? Why has he been in so long? why has he been forgotten? Why has he had hardly any parole hearings? Lots of WHYS but no answers. Could it be that prisoners work for a pittance? Could it be that prisoners are cheap/slave labour, that big companies use instead of paying a decent wage? The answer could be YES, and an alarming YES… A YES that could bring fear into the heart of an inmate that is in prison for a minor offence knowing that he would NOT get rehabilitation or help to make sure he goes back into society a changed man. But quite the opposite, a man that has been tortured and not cared for will most certainly have nightmares for the rest of his life! A man that could have been home with his loving wife, only to be ignored by parole panels, who don’t really give a damn about anyone? Is this true? so why do they have that job?
A full story will come next…..
Stay safe out there…
Julie
Julan62 
Jenny Fisher
September 22, 2022 at 12:58 pm
Great blog, I have actually been reading about this? California seem to have the worst human rights rates on the planet? It seems it is slave labour! yes indeedy. Are they not ashamed of themselves???
Vera Jones
October 5, 2022 at 10:12 am
They do and have They are shit.
Hans F
February 4, 2023 at 6:55 pm
Horrible just horrible how they treat people 😕 what the hell! Hope he gets home
Peter Harvey
September 22, 2022 at 1:01 pm
California’s prison population has stabilized. Since 2017, California’s institutional prison population has hovered at about 115,000 inmates—just below the Supreme Court mandated target of 137.5% of design capacity—the number of prisoners the system was built to house. Disgusting if you ask me!
Paul Jagger
November 23, 2022 at 3:25 pm
Would not like to live in the States…glad I live in Canada…
Sorry about your husband! Hope you get then to change their minds.
David Blane
September 22, 2022 at 1:40 pm
https://calmatters.org/health/2022/06/mental-health-california-prisons/ very interesting information
Francis Barbosa
September 22, 2022 at 1:48 pm
Such a barbaric thing these prisons do!
Justine H
September 22, 2022 at 4:38 pm
America has one of the worst prison systems in the world, it is a racist organisation built upon slavery! You will see it’s run by white men! Shameful
Julan62
September 22, 2022 at 9:27 pm
It has been a great surprise to see just how bad it actually is!
Nina Y
September 22, 2022 at 5:00 pm
In recent surveys completed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 19% of State prison inmates, 10% of Federal inmates, and 16% of those in local jails or on active probation told interviewers they had been physically or sexually abused before their current sentence.
Chrissie Santos
September 23, 2022 at 9:31 am
It is unfathomable the amount of injustice and pain these prisons cause people.
I feel ashamed for them. They need to release this man who has been locked up for so long? WTF!!!!
Harry Lubian
September 23, 2022 at 9:34 am
That man should be free… end of.
Laura Burton
September 23, 2022 at 9:38 am
Calafornia is a slave trade market . Women’s prison are just as bad.. They don’t really care about people it’s just profit. No humanity. I read it takes 6 months to fix a leaky cell..I’m so glad ai don’t live in the States
Hans Finker
September 23, 2022 at 9:43 am
Here in Norway we treat our people like humans The USA could learn valuable lessons.But they only want money so until that changes… That’s another story.
Julan62
September 23, 2022 at 9:50 am
Gavin Newsome would learn a lot from his recent trip to Norway…. Lets hope he does for the sake of these poor people.
Per Svensson
September 23, 2022 at 1:18 pm
Here in sweden we have humanity and rehabilitation. The USA are the worst.
De är urdåligt men jag kan inte inser det galet i USA!! Va fan!!!
Julan62
September 23, 2022 at 1:20 pm
Hej per, Jag förstår, det är hemskt, den här stackaren! han måste verkligen släppas.
Tammary Townsend Glaros
September 23, 2022 at 1:25 pm
Julie, thank you for sharing Michael’s story – my husband deserves Justice snd to come home. He has paid dearly for his (1) nonviolent crime – 24+ years of his life locked a way while murderers, rapist, granny beaters and child molesters are freed every day by the County officials and Governor Gavin Newsom of California.
Michael needs your support and thank you for following Julie’s blog 🙏❤️
Julan62
September 23, 2022 at 1:30 pm
You are most welcome; he really needs to be released! NOW
Cecile Boomer
September 23, 2022 at 1:29 pm
No-one should be looked up that long for that type of crime!!! The hell!
Jeff Bono
September 23, 2022 at 1:48 pm
Man inhumanity toward its fellow man.
Time to change
Time to release this poor man
Julan62
September 23, 2022 at 1:52 pm
https://richbitchfinance.com/2020/06/12/how-vanguard-funds-modern-slavery/ a really good link, read and learn..learn and read… Julie
Hans Jenks
October 2, 2022 at 10:03 pm
Va synd at detta man står i fängelse får en liten brott..va fan… 😐
Julan62
October 3, 2022 at 10:45 am
det tråkiga sak är att fängelserna är fulla och ingen bryr sig..va fan!
Shelly
October 1, 2022 at 7:50 pm
What a great blog Julie. I’m amazed at the injustices of the world
😪😪😪😐
Polly
October 1, 2022 at 8:41 pm
The USA is so fkggg backwards…
Tammary Kay Townsend
October 5, 2022 at 1:33 am
Tortured California Prisoner‼️
I exist but, I do not Live in –
the “real world” is lost to me..
25 winters ago… I faltered.
Now I’m lost to the
system – of Bureaucracy.
Where pedophiles & murderers
taste the freedom
they squandered by choice.
Yet, I grow old and grey
my bones creak.
For a crime – deemed
nonviolent and petty
But the system cashes taxpayers dollars atop of
– me
I’m worth a value
to them – not in life
but in a cell.
Michael A. Glaros
CDCR Inmate D55488
Julan62
October 7, 2022 at 9:25 am
I hope he is released….
Kent Bergman
October 2, 2022 at 7:46 pm
The US of hate are as backwards as they come . Thier orange jumpsuits are synonymous with how they treat people…
I would hate to be there. School shootings..guns everywhere morons with stupid politics 🙄
Julan62
October 3, 2022 at 10:46 am
Yes, I quite agree, there Kent…
Mr Gonerby
October 5, 2022 at 7:36 am
Prisons are a money maker.. prisoners are mostly slaves.
😐😐😐
Karen Carpenter
October 4, 2022 at 6:20 pm
Money is the key to all of this. The abolition of 3 strikes needs to be implemented forthwith.
Mimi Sange
October 5, 2022 at 7:38 am
les prisons aux USA sont atroces
Maggie Smith
October 5, 2022 at 7:28 am
A mad mad world 🌎 😒
Phoebe Zandalar
October 5, 2022 at 7:29 am
It bloody well is
Fia Hammersmith
October 5, 2022 at 7:32 am
The USA is slightly backwards..very racist..very moronic..very stupid 🙄 ffs
Steven Harrison
October 5, 2022 at 9:28 am
Treated like animals. Feckin eegits . Politicians greedy bastards..ignorance and the inability to treat people like humans. The America 🇺🇸 should be ashamed
Mark Meta
October 5, 2022 at 10:10 am
This is a list of state prisons in California operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).[1] CDCR operates 35 adult prisons in California, with a design capacity of 85,083 incarcerated people. CDCR both owns and operates 34 of the state prisons; it additionally operates California City Correctional Facility, a prison leased from CoreCivic.
CDCR operates a variety of other incarceration facilities, including fire camps and California Division of Juvenile Justice facilities. For more information on the totality of jurisdictions and facilities involved in incarceration in California, see Incarceration in California. For more information on the history, conditions, and demographics of California’s prison system specifically, see Prisons in California.
Tammary
October 5, 2022 at 2:33 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/20/facing-life-california-incarceration-system-project
Julan62
October 5, 2022 at 6:31 pm
Thanks for the link 🙂
Lula Von Ess
November 12, 2022 at 7:04 pm
I have emailed to all on the list. Hope it helps Tammary. Good luck.
Julie you are a star 😇
James Karev
October 5, 2022 at 11:50 am
THe governor of calafornia needs to get his ass in gear.😐
Lula
November 12, 2022 at 7:05 pm
He certainly does
Kamala Patel
October 5, 2022 at 12:10 pm
3 strikes is not a good thing 😕
Julan62
October 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm
No, it just fills up the jails, which is silly. People need help, not incarceration.
Lula
November 12, 2022 at 7:06 pm
Very silly indeed.
Abraham Wachunga
October 5, 2022 at 6:26 pm
The codes of conduct for behaviour of some guards are repugnant to say the least The law and their makers are irresponsible and putting people in cages and treating them like animals is disgusting. CDCR are slave makers no better than the slave traders of Past American history.
Richard Davis
October 5, 2022 at 6:36 pm
3 strikes is the most pathetic form of justice to be used. Rehabilitation and treating people like humans and not animals is far better for our future.
Tammary Townsend Glaros
October 5, 2022 at 7:28 pm
Michael and I agree with you Richard. Thank you for your support
Cressida Dick
October 5, 2022 at 6:53 pm
Set this man free..Let this man go Gavin Newsom. DEMOCRATS are good people. YOU are a good person. Let him go back to his family .😐👍
#gavinnewsom
Tammary Townsend Glaros
October 5, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Cressida,
Thank you very much for your support. I’m not sure if you are in the States, if anyone would like to make a phone call and express their support in freeing my husband here are some good numbers – thank you 🙏
David Angel -Asst DA
408-792-2857
Jeff Rosen DA
408-299-3099
Gov. Gavin Newsom
916-445-2841
Kevin G
December 10, 2022 at 11:59 am
Wishing you good luck.
Joshua Bennet
October 5, 2022 at 6:58 pm
Great blog Julie it is a sad state of affairs that The USA do this to people I’m
ashamed of our country. We have beautiful people here.but the law makers are mainly corrupt.
Good luck..I hope 🙏 and pray he is released 🙏
Tammary
October 5, 2022 at 7:33 pm
Joshua,
Thank you for your support and prayers. 25 years is a very long time to be incarcerated for a nonviolent crime. It is a shame – California profits from people in prison. 😰
Phoebe Cates
October 6, 2022 at 4:10 pm
American human right down the toilets Worse than medeivel times.
Tammary
October 7, 2022 at 2:57 am
You are absolutely right Phoebe
Julan62
October 7, 2022 at 8:53 am
It is sadley!
Arne D
October 30, 2022 at 11:44 am
Seriously screwed way of doing stuff!! 😒
Set this man free for Christ’s sake!!!
Harry W
November 6, 2022 at 3:44 pm
Bloody hell!!!! Why is this man still incarcerated????
Tammary Kay Townsend
November 6, 2022 at 4:04 pm
This picture here, I am with my Beeyouteeful wife, my love. I am Happy, clear-minded, I have clarity to what happened to me through my childhood, as well as why it happened and even more so, why it was not prevented.
Ultimately, I am the architect of my life but its not quite that simple. I had no intervention to my childhood trauma/abuse. It has been studied to the nil that a child abused under the age of 2, loses all trust in his/her foundation of “SAFE”, that they grow fearful & leery if that same child does not receive any counseling/therapy or outlet. It is written in the annals of time that a child-to adult–will have problems and will be broken.
I am 55 years old come 11/10/2022. I am not a child. I do have clarity and peace in my heart & mind. I have love & support. I have friends and family. I have support to lean on. There’s therapy’s on “every corner” I can attend for lingering thoughts of doubt -if- I had them.
I also know the County of Santa Clara and State of California never once offered me –nor the child that I was –Help. They (County/State) were quick to convict and sentence and incarcerate, but they have failed any moral high ground at their “Fake news” standard of Public Safety or Rehabilitation –it’s a sham that I wish to be away from. I need not be part of this system of perpetual incarceration to be me -a Healthy Happy Loved Human Being.
Looking at one’s self is not common within prison. Why, there’s no cameraman. While looking at one’s self in the “real world” is common, albeit with “selfies”, mirrors, fotos of you n friends, or celebrations.
I was took back the first 2 times I saw myself in a photo.
2012, after a hunger strike Pelican Bay State Prison SHU. One of the “concessions” the great liberal State of California “gave” to us SHU inmates, entombed in windowless cells 22 ½ hours a day –Forever– (or “till you snitch, die, or parole), was a photo of one’s self, granted you are in your t-shirt, boxers, socks, & tennis shoes. You are handcuffed behind your back (foto took within the unit)
Upon that picture, I had not seen myself since 1998. There’s no mirror prevalent within prison (they are broken or scratched)
I am 44 years old in this picture. In my mind I am lost, not angry but resigned to my fate – of perpetual incarceration slammed in the SHU. I do NOT see myself as “real” in that I existed but did not Live in the real world. I was but a Figmentation or Façade of a real person. I felt “connected” to no one. I felt …Alone but with the thoughts of my life lived.
I was not happy with the life I had led nor my choices. I was also astutely aware the path of my life, was not wholly of my volition. That circumstances of my life and no adequate views of life to guide me, allowed me to falter. Fail myself, my life, family, my friends, all community at large. It’s now 2022.
I am NOT that person.
🗽 Please call and lend your support
California Governor
* Gavin Newsom (916) 445-2841
Commutations@gov.ca.gov
Santa Clara County
District Attorney
* Jeff Rosen (408) 299-3099
jrosen@dao.sccgov.org
Assistant District Attorney
* David Angel (408)792-2857
dangel@ado.sccgov.org
Michael A. Glaros
CDCR #D55488
Lucy Daniels
December 10, 2022 at 5:02 pm
Wow!!! I have emailed everyone 😊 Good luck.
Tammary Kay Townsend
December 11, 2022 at 2:03 am
Lucy,
Thank you very much for your compassion and taking the time to email everyone – I will definitely share with Michael –
Julie, thank you for this blog and your time you are a godsend – all of you are ❤️
Julan62
December 11, 2022 at 11:34 am
I really hope this works and he is set free 🙂
Anonymous
December 11, 2022 at 3:41 pm
I hope so.
Nina Jarvis
November 6, 2022 at 3:56 pm
Well written Julie.
This man should be back at home with his wife.. poor guy.
Julan62
November 6, 2022 at 4:03 pm
Yes, I’m doing all I can, contacting and writing to the lawyers etc… I have even rang some of them!
Tammary Townsend Glaros
November 6, 2022 at 4:06 pm
Thank you everyone for your support and compassion for Michael.
Tammary Townsend Glaros
November 6, 2022 at 4:09 pm
Thank you for your compassion for Michael.
Please call or email and lend your support
California Governor
* Gavin Newsom (916) 445-2841
Commutations@gov.ca.gov
Santa Clara County
District Attorney
* Jeff Rosen (408) 299-3099
jrosen@dao.sccgov.org
Assistant District Attorney
* David Angel (408)792-2857
dangel@ado.sccgov.org
Tammary Kay Townsend
November 6, 2022 at 4:27 pm
Julie can you delete my posts
Julan62
November 6, 2022 at 5:39 pm
which ones? You can actually delete what you need to delete yourself xx
Kirk Davis
November 6, 2022 at 4:30 pm
Set up a petition for your husband. Julie you rock lady…
Paul Hog
November 8, 2022 at 4:55 pm
Great blog. I Have emailed those involved good luck I hope he gets released
Tammary
November 9, 2022 at 3:49 am
Paul,
Thank you very much!!! 🙏
Happy Holidays to you are yours
Tammary
Julan62
November 9, 2022 at 9:04 pm
Thanks Paul..Please pass the email addresses on to whom ever you please.
Juan jose
November 8, 2022 at 5:06 pm
American justice is shit
Julan62
November 9, 2022 at 9:03 pm
A lot of it is yes…
Craig Harris
November 12, 2022 at 6:03 pm
Don’t get why he is in? 3 strikes is stupid! You would think that learning from a mistake and getting help would be better for the person.
Sebastian Williams
November 12, 2022 at 7:31 pm
Did your husband know that he was on a 3 strikes before commited the mild crime? What made him do that if he knew?
Hope it all works out in the end.
Tor Helin
November 12, 2022 at 8:02 pm
What a travesty!
Julan62
November 12, 2022 at 8:07 pm
Very Much so.
Richard Osman
November 12, 2022 at 8:30 pm
I wonder why people feel the need to commit crimes? Even small ones?
Maybe one day your husband will be back with you.Sure has been in a ling time.
Bernadette Latre
November 23, 2022 at 9:30 am
The USA doesn’t have much in the way of living standard’s…mass shootings…cops that are corrupt! Cops that are too afraid even with firearms to protect kids..
Then locking up people for small crimes…
Hope your husband gets free…I’ll email all links…
Great blog Julie.. 👌
Julan62
November 23, 2022 at 9:32 am
Thankyou..I have been busy with this, emailing, and waiting on people to call me back. etc.. let’s hope something gives soon.
Julan62
November 23, 2022 at 9:46 am
I’m appalled at how the system works! slaves basically. Just awful!
Cecilia Moorcroft
December 8, 2022 at 5:32 pm
Great blog. VERY interesting with regards to the justice system in the USA .I do hope that he is freed. Post haste.
Chris Fletcher
December 8, 2022 at 5:56 pm
That’s sad 👨
Joe Madden
December 8, 2022 at 6:05 pm
Good old USA the ye ha wild west..shoot anyone who.moves country…
Hope he gets justice. 🙏
Thord Hannson
December 29, 2022 at 6:05 pm
I really hope he is freed and fast… Don’t get the system in the USA. Really
R. FARROW
February 3, 2023 at 9:50 pm
Great blog Julie. Hope that man is released.
Hans F
February 4, 2023 at 6:54 pm
Horrible just horrible how they treat people 😕 what the hell! Hope he gets home
Julan62
February 10, 2023 at 2:48 pm
I have been writing so very many letters and emails to anyone who will listen, I’m shocked at the amount of government bodies do not even open them or care!!!!
Tammary
February 11, 2023 at 11:53 am
Julie,
Thank you so much for all that you are doing – it is terrible what’s happening to California / USA prisoners – Michael is near completing his 25th year of incarceration for one nonviolent crime. I shake my head in anger and sadness. How California is not called out by US Congress – US Senate is beyond me
I will never give up on my husband.
Julan62
February 11, 2023 at 8:49 pm
I really hope this ends for him…
Barbara Hunny
March 28, 2023 at 7:05 pm
OMG what a horrendous situation to be in.I have shared the blog to my social media sites.
Hope he gets home .
Kiki Zumar
April 10, 2023 at 7:19 pm
Very sad situation! To get oneself into a situation where you know you might be arrested is unfathomable!
Nina De Van Tarde
May 3, 2023 at 7:01 pm
OMG! Hope he gets home! And soon. Sorry for this. The US of hate prisons are are worse than ours. Good luck.
Julan62
May 5, 2023 at 11:04 am
I would not like to live under those kinds of rules at all… I really hope he finds his way home and soon…
Chris Denver
May 5, 2023 at 12:06 pm
The “three strikes” policy, formally known as habitual offender laws, is a legal provision in some states of the United States that requires a person convicted of a serious criminal offense to be sentenced to a long-term imprisonment, typically life imprisonment, if they have been previously convicted of two or more serious or violent crimes.
The policy was enacted in response to public concerns about crime and repeat offenders. Supporters of the policy argue that it is necessary to protect society by imprisoning repeat offenders who have demonstrated a pattern of criminal behavior. They argue that these offenders pose a greater threat to public safety and need to be removed from society to prevent them from committing more crimes.
Critics of the policy, however, argue that it is too harsh and not effective in reducing crime. They argue that it places too much emphasis on punishment rather than rehabilitation and that it disproportionately affects minority and low-income populations who may not have access to adequate legal representation and may be subject to bias within the criminal justice system.
The three strikes policy remains a controversial issue in the United States, and there are ongoing debates about its effectiveness and fairness. Ultimately, it is up to each individual state to determine whether to enact and enforce such laws.
Julan62
May 5, 2023 at 12:15 pm
I find it unthinkable that a person could be put away for life for a small thing because he did 3 things wrong, especially if it was a non-violent crime. I have been bombarding people with emails for months… They don’t seem to care at all!
Tammary Kay Townsend
May 6, 2023 at 4:41 am
Julie,
I hope this message finds you well.
Thank you so very much for your support – for the emails you are sending out – it’s huge efforts on your part and I’m very thankful
Tammary
Julan62
May 6, 2023 at 2:31 pm
I hope he is ok and that you are getting to see him regularly… I’ll keep trying and mailing and contacting, I promise 🙂
Kevin
May 8, 2023 at 11:33 am
It is horrific what some people go through in the name if justice.
June
June 15, 2023 at 1:53 pm
Wow!!+ this 3 strikes thing is so unfair.