Former inmate calls for sweeping changes in prison rules and parole system

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Former inmate calls for sweeping changes in prison rules and parole system





















A former Nevada prison inmate on Monday called for sweeping changes he argued would get rid of “ridiculous sentences” and significant increases in rehabilitation and programs to make it possible for an inmate to survive in society.John Witherow, who was released from prison after serving a long sentence as a habitual criminal, said the discretionary parole system that gives the parole board total control over release decisions should be eliminated, that all inmates should qualify for good time credits and life sentences eliminated as well.“Lets not give them ridiculous sentences of 300 or 400 years,” he told the Commission on  …
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