Category: Michigan’s Good Time Campaign

Chairman Klint Kesto is responsible for the progress of Michigan’s Criminal Justice Reform bills. Last month we arranged a group of HB 5666 supporters to attend an Espresso with Kesto meeting at Biggby Coffee. Sadly Kesto did not attend, nor did another member of his committee instead a office staff person with no legislative power […]
Every third Friday of the month Representative Klint Kesto holds public office hours at Biggby Coffee. Rep. Kesto is chairman over the Law and Justice Committee and oversees the progress of HB 5666 which would allow thousands of incarcerated individuals to reduce their sentences by up to 30% and even 40%. The bill can only […]
Tomorrow is the 28th and with the day off of work for the national holiday of memorial day it is a perfect opportunity for many of us to make a final push collecting signatures while we are attending events and spending time with family. For some of us who have the time off of work […]
After collecting thousands of signatures on the Initiative Petition to initiate good time, talking to office staff and reaching out to each member of Michigan’s Law and Justice committee it’s my clear understanding that the bill is currently being held up in the Law & Justice committee by Chairman Klint Kesto. He seems to lack […]
Snyder Should Be Granting Way More Commutations As we continue to push for the passing of the Good Time Bill (HB 5666)  in Michigan it’s important to critically think about the other resources that exist to help accomplish our goal to de-icarcerate the state. Michigan is a state where the average prisoner serves a longer sentence […]
When your incarcerated and you watch people around you suffer from the staff nurses’ neglect of treatable health problems because of complete disregard or lack of concern, you begin to question the type of care you may receive if you were in a critical situation. The amount of mistrust between staff and inmates is absolutely […]
Prison Labor is of a form of slavery as Bonded Labor and you cannot deny that fact just because the individual is convicted of a crime. Over the past decade many organizations have come to recognize prison labor as a form of human trafficking and modern-slavery. Recently we’ve seen a lot of public interest on […]
A Daily Expense to Maintain Relationships Every day I expect to get at least one phone call from GTL. Global Tel Link provides telecommunication service to more than half of the nation’s inmates from prisons, jails and detention centers in 33 state department of corrections. I don’t drink coffee every morning or eat out much […]
Miles of Flight and Travel I traveled from Seattle to Detroit to attend a Women’s conference at Word of Faith International Christian Center and while in the city I planned to visit someone I’d grown close to over the past year at Kinross Correctional Facility in Kincheloe, MI. I flew over 2,300 miles from Seattle […]
Earlier this week Michigan’s Good Time Bill, HB 5666, was not to voted on by legislators as expected. I received a comment from office staff about the overwhelming amount of calls and emails LeGrand’s office received as a result of the scheduled vote on the Good Time Bill that was introduced in the House at […]