Indefinite Detention Without Crimes

How do you feel about people in the USA being detained based on police suppositions that they have a high likelihood for future crimes? INDEFINITE DETENTION WITHOUT CRIMES, CRIMINAL CHARGES, OR DEFENSE IN ARIZONA ~It all begins with the mentally ill. Arizona is the latest to begin using pre-crime models to supposedly thwart attacks by those who are “near the breaking point.”

The video embedded below highlights how mental health police units look to harvest everything from medical records to gun purchases to online posts. Citing the crimes of Jared Loughner and Elliot Rodger, these units are being given the green light with new legislation to involuntarily detain those who are flagged. The video is at YouTube url http://youtu.be/NjT4Q16s5kQ

As long as police use this power only to detain people in mental distress, it has the potential to benefit persons experiencing mental health crises as well as their families and communities. People who have mental illnesses are usually denied treatment. Stringent restrictions ordinarily prevent families from involuntarily committing their members who need psychiatric treatment. In fact, mental hospitals have closed or downsized throughout the country to the point that inpatient treatment is nearly impossible even for voluntary commitments. Since Medicaid insurance was withdrawn for psychiatric inpatients in the 1970s, taxpayers have paid billions of dollars each year to warehouse mentally challenged people in the nation's jails and prisons rather than using much less money to improve community care and make hospitalization available for short-term and long-term psychiatric treatment.

Prison profiteering is spreading throughout America like an airborne disease. Care must be given to avoid civil and human rights abuses under this new law. Psychological research studies have proved repeatedly that police perceive black youths as being perspective criminals. In the absence of stringent oversight, police powers to detain people who are not suspected of any crime whatsoever could be misused against minority populations and poor people.

Consider what happened to a police officer in New York when he reported corruption in the New York Police Department. This could also happen in other places to other people: "NYPD Officer Sent To Psych Ward By Superiors After Reporting Corruption" 
http://gawker.com/5892115/nypd-officer-sent-to-psych-ward-by-superiors-after-reporting-corruption

According to the news video above, people who are detained under this law in Arizona are taken for psychological evaluations and not to jails or prisons where 1.25 million mentally ill Americans wrongly endure incarceration as criminals. At no point should people be jailed in the absence of a crime. Pre-crime arrests are immoral and illegal according to the U.S. Constitution and Human Rights Law.

Reference: TheDailySheeple.com
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/pre-crime-police-target-mental-health_062014

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Mary Neal, Director
Human Rights for Prisoners March<
http://HumanRightsforPrisonersMarch.blogspot.com
Email address:
MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill ("AIMI")
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/aimi
AIMI's broadcast on Blogtalkradio, 9pm PDT on Wednesdays
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nnia1
Website about my brother: Wrongful Death of Larry Neal
http://WrongfulDeathofLarryNeal.com/main.html
Follow our "Dog Justice for Mentally Ill" blog
http://DogJusticeforMentallyIll.blogspot.com

It would be illegal to keep a dog in a tight space 23 hours a day and gas or Taser him for barking. It would be illegal to put a dog in deadly restraint for control. This happens to mentally ill Americans routinely in the nation's jails and prisons. What happened to Larry Neal?

Mentally Ill Americans Need Dog Justice. Treat mental illness medically, not legally. Please advocate for your congresspersons to pass H.R.3717 - The "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act." Try to elect people who support human rights and justice for all.

You can only save one: Terrell Scott

UPDATED June 27, 2014 and July 12, 2014

YOU CAN ONLY SAVE ONE OF THESE MENTALLY ILL AMERICANS. Only one of these men is still alive, and he is wrongfully incarcerated in Pennsylvania in grave danger: Terrell Scott (top left). The other three men were already killed by police or corrections officers: Brian Claunch (top right), Kelly Thomas (bottom left), and Larry Neal (bottom right). Please help Holly Alston save her son.

Brian Claunch was killed by police who answered a call at his Texas care home. Claunch was a double amputee sitting in his wheelchair with a ballpoint ink pen as his only weapon. Police shot and killed the mentally, physically disabled man. Officers were not charged.

Kelly Thomas was killed by six Fullerton, California officers. He was an unarmed, homeless man who begged for his life while he was beaten by police into a coma. He died days later in the hospital. Two of the officers were charged and tried for murder but were not convicted.

Larry Neal was secretly arrested (kidnapped) and killed on the 18th day of secret incarceration in Memphis Shelby County Jail. Police repeatedly lied to Larry's family and social worker and denied having him in custody for almost three weeks while he was used for scientific experiments, water boarding training, or otherwise misused. The jail and the United States Department of Justice refuse to release records as to how and why Larry Neal was secretly arrested and murdered.

Terrell Scott was arrested and held without trial for 4.5 years in Pennsylvania. He was deemed too sick for trial but sane enough to plea bargain on false charges. Terrell was brutally beaten, raped, exposed to HIV virus, and subjected to inhumane solitary confinement until he agreed to sign the plea bargain. When he did, he was released on March 5, 2014. But he was re-arrested on June 5, 2014 on a new false charge and remains imprisoned now. Scott reported to his mother that Judge Zito signed an Order to incarcerate him for six months in the prison's drug/alcohol unit although Scott has never taken a drug test, never failed a drug test, and was never arrested in connection with drugs or alcohol. Scott was again denied a trial. Holly Alston called and spoke to a prison official over that detox floor and was told that Scott's placement there was an error that has now been corrected.

The mentally ill young man was arrested in June on false charges alleging probation violation. Scott was charged with missing two probation appointments that were scheduled for days before he was released from prison and one date while Scott was committed to a mental hospital. Scott was arrested at the mental hospital where he was undergoing treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from his trauma while imprisoned 4.5 years without trial. Scott is so depressed to find himself back in prison, innocent of any crime, that he told his mother that he may not be able to make it this time.

YOU CAN ONLY SAVE ONE OF THESE MENTALLY ILL AMERICANS. Only one of these men is still alive, and he is wrongfully incarcerated in Pennsylvania in grave danger: Terrell Scott (top left). The other three men were already killed by police or corrections officers: Brian Claunch (top right), Kelly Thomas (bottom left), and Larry Neal (bottom right). Please help Holly Alston save her son. Scott's probation violation hearing is scheduled for June 27.

June 27, 2014 UPDATE: Terrell Scott's hearing was postponed until Wednesday, July 2, 2014. His probation officer was reportedly unavailable for the hearing due to a family emergency. Scott was unable to be assigned a public defender. His treacherous former attorney, Glennis L Clark, Esq., who did not bother to show up for his client's first probation hearing, has refused to remove his name as the acting attorney. He was fired two weeks ago by Terrell's grandfather, who paid for his legal services. The family assumes Clark remains on record as legal counsel on this case simply to block Scott from having adequate representation.

July 12, 2014 UPDATE: Clark finally excused himself as Scott's attorney, and he was appointed a legal counsel. Alston reports that when she asked for Scott's legal file from Clark, his assistant said the file was not available because Clark was "not through removing documents from it." This was reportedly said before a witness and is obviously illegal. Scott had another hearing this week, and Judge Zito claimed there was nothing in Scott's file about his mental illness, which is astonishing. According to his mother, Pennsylvania planned to levy 40 new charges to excuse Scott's imprisonment - discovered by reading Scott's information online. Realizing that would necessitate a trial (which Scott has never had and is not expected to ever receive), Judge Zito allegedly claimed at the hearing that Scott must be imprisoned because he is mentally ill and suicidal. If that happens, Scott will be the first American we know about who was removed from a mental hospital and imprisoned for the "crime" of being mentally ill.

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is missing in action regarding its duty to protect persons with mental health disabilities from prison investors, with its $5.1 billion budget for 2014 (your tax money). The U.S. Department of Justice also abdicates its responsibilities to protect Americans with disabilities and allows prison investors to wrongly incarcerate 1.25 million mentally ill people in brutal and often deadly circumstances - IF they survive the lunacy arrests. Mentally ill Americans are routinely denied treatment to await crimes (including misdemeanors like vagrancy and panhandling) to excuse imprisonment. However, Terrell Scott may be the first citizen who was actually removed from a psychiatric facility in order to generate prison profits.

Read about SAMHSA at an article by Dj Jaffe, Director of Mental Illness Policy Org.:
http://dogjusticeformentallyill.blogspot.com/2014/04/samhsa-blocks-mental-health-treatment.html

More about Terrell Scott's case is in the article entitled "Mom Dies in PA Debtors Prison"

http://humanrightsforprisonersmarch.blogspot.com/2014/06/mom-dies-in-pa-debtors-prison.html

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Thank you for giving Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill.

Mary Neal, director

MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill ("AIMI")

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/aimi

AIMI's broadcast on Blogtalkradio, 9pm PDT on Wednesdays

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nnia1

Website about my brother: Wrongful Death of Larry Neal

http://WrongfulDeathofLarryNeal.com/main.html

Follow our "Dog Justice for Mentally Ill" blog

http://DogJusticeforMentallyIll.blogspot.com

It would be illegal to keep a dog in a tight space 23 hours a day and gas or Taser him for barking. It would be illegal to put a dog in deadly restraint for control. This happens to mentally ill Americans routinely in the nation's jails and prisons. What happened to Larry Neal?

Mentally Ill Americans Need Dog Justice. Treat mental illness medically, not legally. Please advocate for Congress to pass H.R.3717 - Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. Try to elect people who support human rights and justice for all, not help prison profiteers by criminalizing brain disorders. Note which representatives support this bill, and please vote accordingly. We only need humane representatives.

Mark Bowles: Prosecuted for Epileptic Seizures

UPDATE June 26, 2014: Diana Sprouse sent me a message: "He slit his throat!" Her son, Mark Bowles, is on his way now to the hospital. He was convicted by a jury yesterday that was denied hearing any defense Mark could have given for allegedly assaulting a nurse in his hospital room. Actually, he frightened the nurse who fell and bumped her own head. Mark did not touch her. The veteran had an epileptic crisis after coming out of a coma caused by a traumatic brain injury he suffered while fighting off a jail inmate who wanted to rape him. The jury was allowed to know none of this. All defenses related to Mark's diminished capacity were reportedly squashed by Judge Frank Kundrat. The jury reportedly sent questions to the court, including: 1) Was Mark Bowles mentally ill? 2) Was Mark Bowles on medication that may have contributed to his offenses? The judge refused answers to the jury questions.

America presently has more than 1.25 million mentally ill inmates. The wrongful conviction of Mark Bowles, a U.S. veteran and epileptic patient, helps explain how it happened.

APPARENTLY, AMERICAN MEN HAVE NO PROTECTED RIGHT TO REFUSE GAY SEX.

Nazi Germany isolated and exterminated over 300,000 people, including children, labeled with mental illness before beginning its genocide of Jews, Africans, and dissidents. America has 1.25 million prisoners labeled as being mentally challenged. Minnesota resident Mark Bowles, 32, has been designated to join them.

Did you EVER hear of a person facing trial for frightening a nurse while hospitalized for a traumatic brain injury and having epileptic seizures? We spoke with Diana, the mother of such a defendant, this week. Mark's trial date is scheduled for June 24. Please give your opinion on this atrocity in the comments field below. Should taxpayers' money be used to PUNISH people with brain disorders who have seizures?

Radio Interview

Mark Bowles' mother, Diana Sprouse, was our guest on "Human Rights Demand" at 3pm EDT Saturday, June 14. Listen to live and taped broadcast "Release the Innocent" on Blogtalkradio at
http://hosts.blogtalkradio.com/humanrightsdemand/2014/06/14/release-the-innocent
Hospital patients should not be arrested for having an epileptic crisis that frightens their nurses. Jail inmates should not be accosted and given a traumatic brain injury by other inmates who plan to rape them even after the threatened inmates report that threat to guards and request help. Every Saturday, call in to speak with the host at (347) 857-3293.

Background

Mark was admitted to St. Cloud Hospital following a brain injury resulting from brutality during an attempted rape by an inmate in Anoka County Jail. Mark was arrested there on a warrant for punching a hole in a wall at Anoka State Hospital and other misdemeanor offenses arising out of his mental illness. A large prisoner named Darcy T. Lewis allegedly tried to rape Mark and became enraged when he was rejected. Mark had previously reported to jail officials that Darcy made sexual threats to him, but the jail did nothing even though Darcy had allegedly stuck his hand between Mark's buttocks and announced plans to rape him. Mark avoided Darcy, who enjoyed taunting Mark.

Finally one day, Darcy, who is a large man, tried to pull Mark into a shower, and Mark resisted. A fight ensued during which Darcy continually pounded Mark's head with his heavy fists. Darcy also shoved Mark against a staircase, which was traumatized Mark's already injured spine. Corrections sprayed the inmates with mace and Tasered them. Although the confrontation was videotaped, Darcy was not prosecuted. Mark was left comatose. Nobody in Mark's condition should have been released from a hospital, much less arrested. Mark is pictured in a coma in the photo below (click on photos to enlarge them).

(Mark Comatose)

Mark also suffers from PTSD, a personality disorder, and epilepsy, diagnosed when he was a child. Mark's mother begged St. Cloud Hospital staff to allow her to stay with her son in his hospital room because Mark needed his mother to keep him calm and redirect him, but the hospital refused. The next morning, St. Cloud Hospital called and instructed Diane to rush back to the hospital. Upon arriving, Diane was informed that Mark would be arrested for attempting to assault medical personnel during a crisis and that police were on the way. She was commanded to help Mark get dressed for jail. The very sick young man was secured in a wheel chair and transported.

Officers of the court involved in the wrongful prosecution of Mark Bowles are: 

Defendant: Gregory MARK Bowles
Stearns County District Court
Seventh Judicial District
Case# 73-CR-13-3289
Jury Trial: June 24, 2014, 9am
815 Courthouse Square Room 113
St Cloud, Minnesota
Judge Frank Kundrat
Telephone conference between attorneys and Judge Kundrat scheduled for June 17.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Wanda R. Gierman, public defender
Email: giermanlaw@gmail.com
Address: Wanda R. Gierman
St. Cloud Business Center
14 North Seventh Avenue
St Cloud, Mn 56303
1-320-259-4004
1-763-442-3433
Fax 1-320-259-4011

BEFORE Mark's incarceration and traumatic brain injury, he was a college student who enjoyed nature.

(Mark Outside)

Although Mark uses a wheel chair now, he has started recovery. He had to relearn reading and writing, feeding himself, and dressing. Sometimes he is absolutely silent for days, and other days he is able to speak. Please do not allow prison investors to victimize him again for having a brain disorder that caused his health crisis. Mark wears shades inside because his eyes are very sensitive to light. He still has brain damage. In fact, Mark's entire brain is shrinking now (generalized brain atrophy).

(Mark in Wheel Chair)

In addition to having a brain injury, mental illness and epilepsy, Mark is unable to walk distances now because of a severe back injury that was aggravated during his assault in Anoka County Jail. At times he cannot stand. How do you think Mark would fare in prison among hardened criminals and unsympathetic corrections officers? See an X-ray of Mark's back:

(Mark's Back X-ray)

See another photograph of Mark in happier days. Mark poses in a photo taken before his brain injury. Treatment and his mother's loving care are what Mark needs. He has already come a long way.

(Mark Bowles)

Mentally ill people are often brutalized and murdered behind bars, where it is substantially easier to hide abuses of power. Occasionally, news about extreme brutality of mentally ill inmates manages to reach the public despite cover-ups: Jerome Murdough was baked to death in Riker's Island Jail; Darrin Rainey was scalded to death in a Dade Correctional Facility's shower; Larry Neal was murdered after 18 days of secret arrest in Memphis; James Embry was starved to death in a Kentucky prison; Carlos Umana starved to death in a Utah jail; and Kathia Casseus, 16, a retarded child, was put on birth control, presumably to prevent pregnancy from rapes by male guards and prison administrators. She died from side effects caused by her Ortho patch alone in solitary where she was tossed for complaining of pain and breathing problems. These are only a few examples of inmate murders that happen continuously to the mentally ill behind bars.

Sometimes, guards and other inmates rape and beat mentally ill prisoners. People with serious mental illness are often warehoused in torturous solitary confinement for their own protection. Is this what you want for Mark? Below is a photo of Darcy T. Lewis, the man who allegedly caused Mark's traumatic head injury.

The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) is responsible for protecting institutionalized persons like Mark was when he was brutalized in a Minnesota jail. The USDOJ is also charged with protecting the rights of Americans with disabilities. Should this government continue to allow brain damaged and mentally challenged people to be victimized for the sake of corporate prison profits? Please call the USDOJ like I will at (202) 514.2000 and insist that Mark Bowles, a disabled American, be protected from prison heartless investors.

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UPDATE June 26, 2014: Diana Sprouse sent me a message: "He slit his throat!" Her son, Mark Bowles, is on his way now to the hospital. He was convicted by a jury yesterday that was denied hearing any defense Mark could have given for allegedly assaulting a nurse in his hospital room. Actually, he frightened the nurse who fell and bumped her own head. Mark did not touch her. The veteran had an epileptic crisis after coming out of a coma caused by a traumatic brain injury he suffered while fighting off a jail inmate who wanted to rape him. The jury was allowed to know none of this. All defenses related to Mark's diminished capacity were reportedly squashed by Judge Frank Kundrat. The jury reportedly sent questions to the court, including: 1) Was Mark Bowles mentally ill? 2) Was Mark Bowles on medication that may have contributed to his offenses? The judge refused answers to the jury questions.

America presently has more than 1.25 million mentally ill inmates. The wrongful conviction of Mark Bowles, a U.S. veteran and epileptic patient, helps explain how it happened.

APPARENTLY, AMERICAN MEN HAVE NO PROTECTED RIGHT TO REFUSE GAY SEX.

Nazi Germany isolated and exterminated over 300,000 people labeled with mental illness before beginning genocide of Jews, Africans, and dissidents. America currently has 1.25 million prisoners labeled as being mentally challenged. Mark Bowels has been designated to join them.

Did you EVER hear of a person facing trial for frightening a nurse while hospitalized for a traumatic brain injury and having epileptic seizures? We will speak with Diane, the mother of such a defendant, this week. The date and time for Diane's interview will be added to this article. Mark's trial date is scheduled for June 24. Please give your opinion on this atrocity in the comments field below. Should taxpayers' money be used to PUNISH people with brain disorders who have seizures? Mark was admitted to Mercy Hospital following a brain injury resulting from brutality by inmates. See a picture taken during his hospitalization:
(Mark at Mercy)

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Thank you for giving Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill.

Mary Neal, director
MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill ("AIMI")

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/aimi

AIMI's broadcast on Blogtalkradio, 9pm PDT on Wednesdays

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nnia1

Website about my brother: Wrongful Death of Larry Neal

http://WrongfulDeathofLarryNeal.com/main.html

Follow our "Dog Justice for Mentally Ill" blog

http://DogJusticeforMentallyIll.blogspot.com

It would be illegal to keep a dog in a tight space 23 hours a day and gas or Taser him for barking. It would be illegal to put a dog in deadly restraint for control. This happens to mentally ill Americans routinely in the nation's jails and prisons. What happened to Larry Neal?

Mentally Ill Americans Need Dog Justice. Treat mental illness medically, not legally. Please advocate for Congress to pass H.R.3717 - Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. Try to elect people who support human rights and justice for all, not prison profits by criminalizing brain disorders. Note how representatives support this bill, and ask candidates whether they support it.

Death by Police - Kenneth Sprankle, St. Pete

ST. PETERSBURG — Kenneth Robert Sprankle was convinced he would find a cure in the Florida sun. He moved here several months ago from Pennsylvania and loved the beaches. But, as he'd done for years, he struggled to manage his mental health. The end came Monday, when the 27-year-old bipolar schizophrenic smoked some spice and began chasing people downtown with an ax before being shot and killed by police. (Tampa Bay Times)
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Sprankle's tragedy proves that gun control is unlikely to protect Americans from avoidable mental health crises. Only removing barriers to timely psychiatric treatment, improving access to mental hospitals, and instituting assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) programs can address Americans' mental health needs and enhance community safety. See the ABC video about Sprankle below.

Was shoot-to-kill an appropriate response by police? Would Sprankle have been temporarily disabled by Taser? Should police be equipped with guns loaded with fast-acting tranquilizers for circumstances such as this? Could Sprankle have been taken into custody by specially trained police officers? Homicides by police involve mentally ill victims in at least 50% of the cases, according to Treatment Advocacy Center - "Justifiable" Homicides by Law Enforcement Officers 
http://www.tacreports.org/justifiable-homicides

Kenneth Sprankle was the fourth person shot to death by St. Pete PD this year, according to an ABC report.

"This will happen again and again and again until we find enough places where people can take their neighbors and relatives that may not need to be hospitalized," St. Pete City Councilman Karl Nurse said.

Councilman Nurse is not unlike police officers this writer polled, 100% of whom agreed that mentally ill people do not belong in prisons and jails.

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References re Kenneth Sprankle: 
ABC
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_south_pinellas/st_petersburg/st-pete-police-officer-involved-fatal-shootings---4-out-of-6-suspects-with-mental-health-issues
Tampa Bay Times 
http://goo.gl/QQDrRT

GUN CONTROL THIS AX

Mary Neal

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/aimi

Wrongful Death of Larry Neal
http://WrongfulDeathofLarryNeal.com

Dog Justice for Mentally Ill
http://DogJusticeforMentallyIll.blogspot.com

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ST. PETERSBURG — Kenneth Robert Sprankle was convinced he would find a cure in the Florida sun. He moved here several months ago from Pennsylvania and loved the beaches. But, as he'd done for years, he struggled to manage his mental health. The end came Monday, when the 27-year-old bipolar schizophrenic smoked some spice and began chasing people downtown with an ax before being shot and killed by police. (Tampa Bay Times)
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Sprankle's tragedy proves that gun control is unlikely to protect Americans from avoidable mental health crises. Only removing barriers to timely psychiatric treatment, improving access to mental hospitals, and instituting assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) programs can address Americans' mental health needs and enhance community safety. See the ABC video about Sprankle below.
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This article contains two photos, one video, and six links. Unfortunately, advocacy for mentally ill persons is censored; therefore contents to some articles are listed. It would negatively impact prison investors to decriminalize mental illness and treat people's psychiatric conditions in hospitals or community care programs instead of awaiting an opportunity (crime) in order to incarcerate them. In fact, advocating to decriminalize mental illness has made me America's most censored person. If you find the links, video, or photos have suffered tampering, please comment below or email me at MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com . 

DOG JUSTICE NEEDED FOR AMERICA'S MENTALLY ILL

Help Amber Alvarez, PTSD Veteran

Amber Alvarez's grandmother asks for your help on her petition for her grand daughter, a veteran who suffers from mental illnesses, including post traumatic stress disorder, alcohol/chemical dependency, and postpartum depression. She petitions the authorities to allow Amber to enter Kane County Drug/ Mental Health Court. Please endorse her petition at Change.org http://goo.gl/7Ssjo - Thanks for your help. Please read, sign, and share the petition below. Amber's petition is followed by an invitation for you!

Dog Justice for the Mentally Ill

Chief of Police, The Aurora Illinois, USA Police Department: Allow Amber E. Alvarez to enter the Kane Co. Drug/Mental Health Court.

Change.org Petition by C.S. Ralls of Plano, Illinois: Petitioning the Aurora Illinois Police Department, Kane County Illinois State's Attorney's Office, et al., to allow my 33 year old daughter, Amber Elaine Alvarez (an Army veteran, a single mother with NO PRIORS who has a dual diagnosis of chronic postpartum and clinical depression and an alcohol/ chemical dependency she acquired in the Army at age 17), to be diverted into a chemical dependency rehabilitation center where she can receive the appropriate medical care.

At 16 years old, Amber scored the highest out of all her peers on the Military Entrance Exam and was hand-picked for service as a Linguistic Specialist at the prestigious Foreign Language Institute, Monterrey, CA. As others who have also served in this capacity can tell you, this is an incredibly demanding, stressful post where drinking is encouraged by all. She was a minor and the Army was supposed to take care of her! They were her guardian! Now, she finally has a chance to get the help she needs that the Army did NOT give her but these entities will NOT do the right thing! Help us please!

It was a combination of the alcoholism, clinical depression and full-blown postpartum depression that landed her 3 children in my care. I don't know if my daughter is guilty or not of anything but I do know she is being treated unfairly! Persons who have the exact same non-violent charges and even WORSE are routinely diverted into drug and/or mental health court. Many of these are repeat offenders who have a Public Defender but, the majority of them are those who can afford bail and a private attorney.

If Amber is convicted of a felony, she will not be able to live with and/or visit her 3 minor children who live with me in our federally subsidized home EVER. Basically, this conviction, and not receiving the appropriate treatment, would exacerbate Amber's depression (and suicidal ideation), as well as, condemn her to carrying that felony conviction for the rest of her life even though she has NO PRIORS. This would permanently place Amber at an insurmountable disadvantage in this economy to become employed, to provide a home and thus, be reunited with her children as a family. [ Please help by signing the petition http://goo.gl/7Ssjo ]

If she is sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections instead of a rehabilitation center, this will inflict more psychological and emotional harm upon these 3 beautiful, young children. They need and want their mother so very badly. Please, won't you assist my 3 grandchildren in their fight to get their mother the help she needs so she can come home to them?

THE WAR ON DRUGS IS REALLY A WAR ON THE POOR!   [Please add your name to the petition to try Amber in Mental/Drug Court http://goo.gl/7Ssjo Then pass the petition on to your friends. Thanks for helping Amber have Dog Justice for the Mentally Ill]

Furthermore, I am a chronically ill single grandmother with disabilities who really needs my daughter, Amber, to be able to live with us here in our home. This conviction would have many more deeper, far-reaching consequences that are totally unfair, unjustifiable and disproportionate under these circumstances:

NO PRIORS, A VETERAN & A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3 YOUNG CHILDREN WHO NEEDS MEDICAL CARE *NOT* INCARCERATION. PLUS, IT WOULD NOT COST THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS A DIME AS THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WOULD PAY THE COSTS OF HER REHABILITATION STAY. THE FOLLOWING IS THE ANNUAL COST OF FEMALE INMATE INCARCERATION AT DWIGHT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS OF 8/31/11:

Dwight Correctional Center
Opened: November 1930
*Operational Capacity: 1,212
Maximum Security Adult Female
*Current Population: 1,018
Average Age: 34
Average Annual Cost Per Inmate: $33,977.00

*As of 8/31/2011. Reflects bed space capacity analysis as outlined in the October 1, 2011 Quarterly Report to the Legislature.

OTHER COUNTIES HAVE VET COURTS, COOK, McHENRY, LAKE, MADISON, ETC, BUT NOT KANE. WHY??

Please add your name to the petition to try Amber in Mental/Drug Court http://goo.gl/7Ssjo- Then pass the petition on to your friends. Thanks for helping Amber have Dog Justice for the Mentally Ill. Change.org Petition's Full link http://www.change.org/petitions/chief-of-police-the-aurora-illinois-usa-police-department-allow-amber-e-alvarez-to-enter-the-kane-co-drug-mental-health-court

Share Amber's story on this web page: "Help Amber Alvarez, PTSD Veteran"
http://dogjusticeformentallyill.blogspot.com/2012/03/help-amber-elaine-alvarez-ptsd-vet.html

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