Mary Neal of Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill was the guest on BlogTalk radio - THE REV. PINKNEY SHOW - 10/11 @ 5:p.m. EST. Rev. Pinkney invites us to listen and talk back online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Rev-Pinkney or CALL IN AT 347-994-3644. Access our Oct. 11 show at the link below:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Rev-Pinkney/2009/10/11/MARY-NEAL-A-WARRIOR
Rev. Pinkney understands the censorship applied to Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill, because he is the only American minister ever incarcerated for quoting the Holy Bible. He quoted Deuteronomy 28, and a judge took it as a personal threat against his person and had Rev. Pinkney jailed. After his prison term for quoting the Bible, Rev. Pinkney was under house arrest for nearly three months. He was freed from house arrest on Oct. 16.
Rev. Pinkney advocates against injustices, as do many other groups and organizations, like AIMI does. We congratulate him on his freedom and thank him for the opportunity to address his radio guests.
If any other AIMI members call radio programs and make comments that relate to mental health care or to our advocacy at AIMI or if you write articles or comment at news submissions in this regard, please be sure to post a link at AIMI.
On Rev. Pinkney's show, we did not get to cover many of the prisoner issues we intended to address on 10/11/09, but there will be other opportunities. Numerous improvements have been made, and I will soon update the Steps Toward Justice at HubPages with some of them.
Blessings!
Mary Neal
Rev. Pinkney invites us to listen at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Rev-Pinkney or CALL-IN 347-994-3121 with questions and/or comments on his BlogTalk radio show. Help give Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill and/or talk about your favorite human rights advocacy.
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Reverend Fred Pinkney, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, leads Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO): http://bhbanco.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html
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Let anyone know who is interested in issues covered in my articles at http://freespeakblog.blogspot.com/ such as:
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1) death penalty
2) prison torture
3) solitary confinement
4) life without the possibility of parole
5) trying children as adults and life sentences for minors
6) mandatory sentencing
7) three-strikes laws
8) law of parties (sentencing all parties equally, regardless of parties' level of participation in crimes committed, i.e., mentally challenged Jeff Wood, who drove with the wrong person to a store in Texas)
9) criminalizing mental illness, including PTSD among American veterans
10) relocating prisoners out of state, which restricts visits even for sick prisoners
11) private prison profiteering - especially by decision-makers with positions in criminal
justice (possible conflicts of interest)
12) excessive sentencing and unacceptable disparities in sentencing for similar offenses
13) enforcement of Freedom of Information Act
14) prisoner health care
15) increased funding for public defenders
16) post-conviction DNA testing
17) no penalty or misdemeanor charge for less than one oz. of marijuana
18) strict enforcement against police and prison brutality; prosecution of 100% of offenders
19) new trials with substantial new evidence, like Troy Davis has
(Gov. Purdue or Pres. Obama should pardon Davis if he is not granted a new trial)
20) so-called "non-lethal weaponry" and the possibility of conflicts of interest amongst
decision makers regarding police equipment purchases (Are they investors?)
21) illegal alien raids and arrests
22) racism and the socio-economic caste system in civil court and criminal justice
23) police profiling and abuse of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
24) surveillance of U.S. citizens; loss of privacy rights
25) plans for mass "emergency centers" inside U.S.A. for Americans (H.R. 645)
26) remedial damages for victims and families of abused or murdered prisoners
(whether or not victims lived to reach jail)
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As you know, my main advocacy is decriminalizing mental illness, but all of the above items are important. What is most important to you from the list above? Rev. Pinkey welcomes your phone calls on Sundays at 5:00 p.m. EST.
