Helping Others

American Bar Association Offenders

2011-07-01T09:21:00.000-07:00

On behalf of the American Bar Association and its nearly 400,000

members nationwide, I am writing to urge you to support H.R. 5143,

the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010.This legislation

passed the House of Representatives on July 27, 2010, and the companion

bill, S. 714, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6,
2010.The legislation establishes an independent Commission charged with

the responsibility of initiating a comprehensive examination of America’s

criminal justice system and making recommendations for responsible and

effective reforms. The need for a comprehensive review is clear. At every

stage of the criminal justice process – from the events preceding arrest to the

challenges facing those reentering the community after incarceration – serious

problems undermine basic tenets of fairness and equity, as well as the public’s

expectations for safety. The result is an overburdened, expensive, and often

ineffective criminal justice system. Today, the machinery responsible for criminal

justice is larger and more complex than ever, and the overlap between federal

and state law is greater. The United States imprisons 2.3 million of its people, a

greater percentage than any other nation in the world. When the number of

Americans on probation or parole is included, the total number of people under

criminal justice supervision exceeds 7,300,000, 1 in every 31adults, costing

taxpayers over $57 billion annually. Over-reliance on incarceration and long

sentences is expensive, unsafe for inmates and corrections employees alike,

and unlikely to achieve the goal of rehabilitation. There are inadequate

community resources for the addicted and mentally ill who often end up in

jail and prison. And, despite unprecedented numbers of people incarcerated,

there are also unprecedented numbers of ex-offenders who, after being incarcerated

for lengthy periods, are released without job skills or without treatment for

substance abuse, thus facing increased collateral consequences of conviction. It is

not surprising that recidivism rates are so high. States and localities can do – and

some have done – a lot to institute cost-effective reforms, but there is little

discussion at the federal level about what is wrong with our criminal justice system

and how it could be improved. It has been nearly four decades since the last

comprehensive study of our nation’s criminal justice system, and it is well past time

for another re-examination of our criminal justice priorities: to determine accurately

the measures that hold the promise of reducing the number of future victims, to

assist those who break the law to avoid the downward cycle of recidivism and become
contributing members of their communities, and to assure that taxpayer dollars are

spent wisely. This discussion must include state, local, and federal law enforcement officers,
prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, corrections officials, treatment providers, victims,
probation and parole officers, academics, victim advocacy groups, other public interest
organizations, ex-offenders, and ordinary citizens – all of whom have a tremendous stake
in the justice system.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38089236/S-714-ABA-Endorsement

Fact Sheet Statistics

2011-07-01T06:52:00.000-07:00

With five percent of the world’s population, our country now houses twenty five percent of the
world’s reported prisoners. More than 2.3 million Americans are now in prison, and another
5 million remain on probation or parole. The United States has by far the world’s highest
incarceration rate.

Our prison population has skyrocketed over the past two decades as we have incarcerated
more people for non-violent crimes and acts driven by mental illness or drug dependence.

The costs to our federal, state, and local governments of keeping repeat offenders in the criminal
justice system continue to grow during a time of increasingly tight budgets.

Existing practices too often incarcerate people who do not belong in prison, taking resources
away from locking up high-risk, violent offenders who are a threat to our communities.

Transnational criminal activity, much of it directed by violent gangs and cartels from Latin America,
Asia and Europe, has permeated the country. Mexican cartels alone now operate in more than
230 communities across the country.

Incarceration for drug crimes has had a disproportionate impact on minority communities, despite
virtually identical levels of drug use across racial and ethnic lines.

Post-incarceration re-entry programs are haphazard and often nonexistent, undermining public safety
and making it extremely difficult for ex-offenders to become full, contributing members of society.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/49341120/Fact-Sheet-S306-Feb2011

Statistics for Today

2011-07-01T06:38:00.000-07:00

5% of the world's population, our country now houses 25% of the world's reported prisoners.
The number of incarcerated drug offenders has soared 1200% since 1980.
Four times as many mentally ill people are in prisons than in mental health hospitals.
Approximately 1 million gang members reside in the U.S., many of them foreign-based, and Mexican cartels operate in 230+ communities across the country.
Post-incarceration re-entry programs are haphazard and often nonexistent, undermining public safety and making it extremely difficult for ex-offenders to become full, contributing members of society.

Felony Statistics

2011-06-30T14:52:00.000-07:00

2006 Total employees USA Justice System 2,427,452 This is Judges, police, Corrections Officers only.

2007, federal, state, and local governments spent an estimated $228 billion police protection, corrections, and judicial and legal services.

In 2006 there were 1,132,290 felony convictions 69% were incarcerated, 31% not incarcerated, no current data.

Most (94%) felony offenders sentenced in 2006 pleaded guilty.

Are you also aware of the cost of incarceration - $35,000 to 50,000 per year per prisoner.

In 2006 an estimated 69% persons convicted felony in state courts were sentenced period of confinement 41% to state prison 28% local jails.

Twenty-two percent of the children of state inmates and 16 percent of the children of federal inmates were age 4 or younger.

1997 released from prison jail accounted nearly 1/4 people living with AIDS almost 1/3 those hepatitis C more than 1/3 those tuberculosis.

More than 10 percent of those entering prisons and jails are homeless in the months before their incarceration.http://t.co/bD5dRzW

Over 70 percent of prisoners with serious mental illnesses also have a substance use disorder.http://t.co/bD5dRzW

More than 5 million individuals were on probation or parole at the end of 2009.http://t.co/bD5dRzW

During 2009, 729,295 sentenced prisoners were released from state and federal prisons, an increase of 20 percent from 2000.

Personal

2011-06-30T14:12:00.000-07:00

President

Transitioning Offenders Program (TOP)

Public Safety industry

February 2004 – July 2009 (5 years 6 months)

To help men and women incarcerated develop the necessary resources such as housing, food, clothing and employment before leaving the prison system.

Our goal is to provide offenders with tools that they can use to mend bridges in their communities as they become contributing members of society.

Helping over 15,000 men, women and their families.

Marine Engineer

Trident Seafoods, DeepSea Fisheries, Prowler Fisheries, etc.

Maritime industry

December 1981 – March 2000 (18 years 4 months)

Designed, Developed, Repaired and maintained fishing vessels on the Bering Sea, Alaska. Worked crabbers, longliner, trawlers, and processors.
Worked out of Dutch Harbor, Akutan, St. Paul, St. George, Nome.
Responsibilities: Hydraulics, Pnuematics, Propulsion, Generation, Refrigeration, Desalinization, Safety, Fire, Cold Water Survival and Rescue, First Responders, etc...

TOP Transitioning Offenders Program.
- United States Patent Registration Number / Date: TXu001346072 / 2007-03-19
- Issued March 19, 2007
Inventors: David D. Krewson
TOP TRANSITIONING OFFENDER PROGRAM DATA BASE
CODE, SCREEN PRINTS; PROCEDURES, FORMS.
Basis of Claim: ADDITIONAL TOP DATA BASE CODE, FORMS, PROCEDURES, TRAINING PROGRAMS, IMPLIMINTATION PROCEDURES, TOP ADMINISTRATIVE CD, TOP END USER CD, MISSION STATEMENT, STATEMENT OF GOALS, RELEASE PLAN OUTLINE, QUESTIONNAIRE PROCESS.

Complete stand alone database patent and copyright.

Specialties
Nonprofit Corporation Development
Bylaws and Articles of incorporation Development
Board Policy Development
Grant Development
Project Management
Procedural Development
Database Development (Project Management)
Documentation Development
Volunteer Recruitment
Volunteer Training Program Development
Volunteer Incentive Programs Development
Statistical Data Analysis and Tracking Programs Development
501c3 Filing
All aspects of a nonprofit corporation startup and operations
Offender Reentry Resources
Book Oceans Apart, adventures on the Bering Sea. Working on another "White Rain" Fiction.

My goal is to leave a legacy for my children and their children's children that anything is possible no matter the adversities they may face.

Transitioning Offenders Program

2011-06-30T14:02:00.000-07:00

Transitioning Offenders Program (TOP) database of which I have a copyright. TOP connects with public and private organizations in each community throughout Washington State. The resources and services we contact work with men, and women transitioning from incarceration. Our unique approach, is to find the organizations that will work with these offenders 6 month prior to leaving the prison system. We each offender to develop a their own personal release plan enabling them a way to find the resources they need in the community they are returning to. These resources include housing, food, clothing, employment, and treatment.

All resources are updated every 6 months to a year depending on the service. The resources are for all those involved in the transition of men and women leaving incarceration, including their families.

We have help over 15,000 of these men and women successfully return to their communities from incarceration.. The Transitioning Offenders Program (TOP) has over 7,000 public and private agencies in every community in Washington State that work with felons. We have begun our expansion by building a network of nonprofits within the State of Oregon and will be moving to California in the near future.

The program has a complete six week volunteer training course on all aspects of transitioning offenders. We also offer volunteer incentive programs.

The NRC and TOP began with one envelope and an idea of what the offender needs to improve his or her chances of success. I began this journey 7 years ago, and since have learn to build a successful nonprofit from the foundation up. Yet it takes more than one man to build a strong house, so I found those who had specific skill sets and motivation to help in this development and implementation of TOP. Under my direction our mission, goals and success has and continues to move forward.

Rise Up

2011-06-30T13:57:00.000-07:00

The greatest glory never comes from winning,
but from rising each time you fall. A person is
defined by what he chooses to do with his life,
not by what happens to him!

2011-06-30T13:55:00.000-07:00