Cal SORP

More people being released then ever before and a huge absence of transitional support. Today one individual was release and is going to live with family in Sacramento. There were no services to help him and all he had was the money saved up from his facility job.

We have been down during the pandemic. Hopefully we will return full force soon. Thanks for your continued patience.

What are we trying to achieve?

As a country we need to really think about what our priorities are. We should be investing in schools and education, not jails and incarceration. We should be investing in our future.

What exactly is SORP's plan to develop a working model for men who apply for your reentry project?I think a community would like to see things and details like this in clear view to demonstrate just how deeply SORP has planned and prepared for a lot of the contigency problems many other reentry programs in US face.My thinking is if a s*x offender is getting out, but some kind of application snag holds up his even getting into some kind of 290 program like SORP has planned - the guy can still get out with nothing to go to, he's already at risk and certainly a possible danger to the neighborhood, right ?

My understanding is that SORP has a fairly in-depth screening process to establish a working relationship with new clientele.There must be a way to find out where a prisoner or patient is in their efforts to seek help for themselves; programs inside, therapy programs... something that reduces the risk of men who have no idea how to stop themselves from assaulting again once out.Once SORP determines a man has done some hard work on their s*xual crimes,their s*xual issues,what have you - how do you prepare to accept them into your reentry project if they don't even have a target date of possible release?How long does SORP intend to "hold-a-spot" and at what cost?How will that effect men with parole dates AND a history of work behind them to show some kind of intent to be better,do better?

Most reentry programs have to have some kind of realease date for prisoners to even get signed up.Is SORP planning to work with s*x offenders coming out Department of State Hospitals in a way that takes there circumstance into consideration? The men from state hospitals have indefinite sentecing with no true or real release date to speak of.So how does SORP intend to cope with trying to house men when no one knows when anyone is getting out?

These guys getting out of institutions into reentry programs...but,there isn't anything in California I can find dealing with 290 registrants.If this SORP gets up and running,how do they deal with their clientele getting out?I mean,I suppose prisoners can parole right into a SORP project,but the guys in mental hospital like Coalinga?What's the idea for something like that?

The background for 'SORP' is not just interesting, but ought to be raising a lot of our attention. read how it is a hospital, but it is ran by a Director and is operated like a prison). That seems to create an awful lot of wiggle room for tax dollars to get shifted away fro, something as feasible as SORP

I am torn about the way SORP is basically a group of ex-s*x offenders setting up a non-profit. Everything I have seen so far (their web site) "sounds" good , sounds altruistic, "looks" above-board... I have to ask why an ex s*x offender came up with the project and not the city officials charged with protecting my family? I get that the solution against some crimes often takes on this aspect of "It Takes One To Know One," or "It Takes A thief to Catch a Thief". I also see is something we should all endorse.

I belive Sacramento needs to be a lot more involved in reentry programs for PC290 registrants. This SORP project certainly has merit and it needs support from our government. This crazy idea of just letting ex-offenders into a community with nothing to do is asking for a new crime to happen - and that puts my family at risk.

What exactly is California doing about ex-s*x offenders after they serve their time? Besides just letting come live in my neighborhood without any other kind of support that might keep them busy with their lives and way from my family?

This SORP thinking, as I understand it, is just an idea and a non-profit. It needs funding and I get that - where are we on that score? Is there any political awareness of its attempt to get off the ground? Can I do something that might get this into operation since I have kids in one of this State's neighborhoods with no response from my government.

I have been considering for the past three years this issue of how California paroles s*x offenders with very little opportunities or support - so they get released straight into an unsuspecting community with little warning, no prospects, and no regard for the safety of them or citizens. I do not understand California's game plan on this. This ideology for SORP at least has some structure and a better foundation that at least considers community awareness and they seem to have some idea how best to give citizens a point of information and an awareness.

Need we say more?

As More Mothers Fill Prisons, Children Suffer ‘A Primal Wound’ At least 5 million children have had a parent behind bars. The toll is exacting, from unstable homes to lasting effects on their well-being.

Very interesting infographic imagine how many apply to formerly incarcerated, ex-felon, PC290 registrant, s*x offender, mentally disordered individuals.

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PART 1: CIVIL COMMITMENT IN CALIFORNIA

In a recent Post we mentioned some developing case law. This area specifically deals with Post-Prison sentence Lifetime Civil Commitment of any person who has committed a s*x crime in their history.
Let me explain a bit about this so that readers will understand why they should care.

The United States has been moving away from institutionalizing non-criminal citizens since the 1960's. This was the direct result of a number of State Hospital surviviors initiating legal action, political action and publicity which exposed the human torture that was common place in these large institutions. Beatings of mentally ill, ra**ng low functioning girls, forcing abortions on poor women, tying wonded people to beds and leaving them there to die.
Society did nothing because the doctors, seemingly authority figures and politiacians all told the public that thses people were simply insance and di not know what they were talking about. Instead of looking into it people took the authority figures at their word and dismissed the released survivors horror stories. These horror stories were then used to make the person seem to still be crazy. This was Gaslighting on an industrial scale, the likes of which Hi**er only dreamed of. It was a true nightmare for those who were forced into these facilities.
The United States Department of Justice eventually rolled out the Re-integration mandate and legislature passed the Ohlmstead Act which mandated the shuttering of most of these facilities.
Guess what California is tryinhg to bring them back as means to grow the prison industrial complex without th eoversight and protections the US DOJ has in the CDC/R Prison System.Califonrnia is doing this by calling prisoners mentally ill, but only after they have served their entire prison sentence. Until they complete their lengthy prison sentences they are sane, 30 days form completion they are deemed mentally ill and shipped to mental hospitals. They are then given indigent criminal defense lawyers and sit warehoused for decades with no trial. If they complain, well they are insane who would listen to them right?

Nothing in life worth having ever comes easy. Lets work this.

Recently read an article: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/11/12/attorney-s-eye-popping-460000-in-earnings-to-defend-indigent-clients-in-collin-county-prompting-changes/

This is crazy. The judges just keep loading up villainous attorneys with as many cases as possible. It is not about saving money, it surely is not about competent counsel. What is the judges motivation in assigning a case load requiring SIX attorneys to a single attorney?

In my opinion based on recent California cases like In Re Clay Jones, In Re DeCasa and People v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (Vasquez real party in interest), is that judge like attorneys who process indigent defendents through the courts without putting up a real fight.

Attorney's eye-popping $460,000 in earnings to defend indigent clients in Collin County prompting changes Collin County is adding more controls after fees to an attorney representing indigent clients this past fiscal year topped $460,000 — more than...

Men with less then six months to live are held in maximum security prison facilities due to hospice facilities refusing ex-offenders.

Do you feel that we need to end California's welfare-to-prison pipleline?

Are there people willing to help those in need even when labeled?

Can community reentry programs lead to safer communities?

The stigma of being incarcerated is life long and alienates us from those we love. The psychological damage done to a person in prison can lead to trauma that is just too great to conquer alone. But there is good news, people care, people will help. Not everyone is blinded by prejudice. We seek to provide that second chance in the manner most likely to produce success.

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