The ACLU says the status quo is bad for society, and violates a lot of incarcerated people’s constitutional rights.
Jacqueline F. Shepherd, the prison investigator for ACLU of Alaska, at a news conference in Anchorage on Thursday. Also pictured from left to right: ACLU Legal Director Ruth Botstein, Alaska Prison Project Director Megan Edge and staff attorney Melody Vidmar.
Parole boards often grant earlier release dates. But the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska says the Department of Corrections won’t recognize those new dates for eligibility purposes for helpful programs. the Department of Corrections to try to force change on this down-in-the-weeds legal issue that has big impacts. The civil rights organization says the status quo is bad for society, and violates a lot of incarcerated people’s constitutional rights.
In its lawsuit, the ACLU is representing four men caught in the eligibility crosshairs: Jace Frankson, Geoffrey Mathis, Jonathan Walker and Sababu Hodari. They’ve each served more than 20 years of their decades-long sentences, and were each granted parole dates moving their release dates up. But the corrections department has told them that, based on their original release dates, they are ineligible for the transition programs.
“This does not serve our government, which boasts the need for successful reentry, and it does not serve the communities that will absorb these individuals and try to help them succeed in our neighborhoods,” she said.
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