White Collar Week Newsletter Oct. '22
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White Collar Support Group 328th Meeting! Online on Zoom Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, 7 pm ET, 6 pm CT, 5 pm MT, 4 pm PT
We meet every Monday!
We are a community of people with white collar justice issues who have a desire to take responsibility for our actions and the wreckage we caused, make amends, and move forward in new way of life centered on hope, care, compassion, tolerance and empathy. Our experience shows us that many of us are suffering in silence with shame, remorse, and deep regret. Many of us have been stigmatized by our own families, friends and communities, and the business community. Our goal is to learn and evolve into a new spiritual way of life and to reach out in service to others. Over 500 people have participated in our support group meetings from the United States, Canada, South America, Mexico, Europe and the Caribbean.
IMPORTANT!: If you are currently on supervised release, probation or parole, it is important that you first discuss this with your P.O. To assist in this regard, information about our ministry is available on prisonist.org.
Please feel free to contact us if you would like to join in our next meeting, or with any questions you might have regarding this group, its meetings, or anything else whatsoever.
To reach us for information: info@prisonist.org
Media inquiries: press@grantlaw.com
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We will be Panelists at the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Fall Institute, Washington, D.C.
Conference: Nov. 17th & 18th, 2022, Panel: Fri., Nov. 18th, 11 am, Cost: Free!
"Prosecuted Lawyers’ Perspectives on White Collar/Nonviolent Prosecution and Reentry"
Details: Lawyers convicted and incarcerated for white collar or nonviolent crimes will share their stories, experiences and difficulties during prosecution and reentering society after prison, and will make recommendations as to how the white collar bar and criminal justice system can be more effective, humane and merciful towards white collar defendants (and their families) while better fulfilling their obligation to enhance rehabilitation through diversion and other alternatives to incarceration. Please join us if you will be in the DC area!
Moderator: Jeffrey D. Grant, Esq.
Panelists: R. Seth Williams, Bill Baroni, Esq., Michele Weinstat, Esq., Jeffrey Wertkin
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Peter Tomasek, Esq. of Interrogating Justice, White Collar Week, Tuesday Speaker Series
Tues., Oct. 18, 2022, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PM
We are honored to have Peter Tomasek as our October speaker in our White Collar Support Group Tuesday Speaker Series. Peter will be speaking and answering questions about Early Release, First Step Act Credits, the CARES Act, the Clean Slate Act, and what’s really going on at the BOP and DOJ. Do not miss this one!
Peter J. Tomasek is an attorney and a writer from Durham, North Carolina. In his current role as Editor-in-Chief for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice, Peter focuses on the BOP’s implementation of the First Step Act’s Time Credits Program, “ban the box” laws and second-chance hiring, and a variety of other topics impacting the U.S. criminal justice system.
Link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlceytrDssGtys0JYZdkTRICa3Ey48kKup
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Legal Action Center, Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit
Tues., Nov. 1, 2022, NYC
I am honored to serve on the Board of Directors of this vital organization. - Jeff
The Legal Action Center (LAC) uses legal and policy strategies to fight discrimination, build health equity, and restore opportunity for people with arrest and conviction records, substance use disorders, and HIV or AIDS.
The Legal Action Center 2022 Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit will be held Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 at Tribeca Rooftop in Manhattan and virtually. We are thrilled to be honoring John G. Finley, Senior Managing Director & Chief Legal Officer of Blackstone, with the Arthur Liman Public Interest Award and Michael “Zaki” Smith, Social Justice Advocate on the Clean Slate New York Campaign, with the Edward J. Davis Service Award.
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For more information about our 2022 Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit, or LAC’s important work, please contact Katarina Leiser, Director of Corporate & Individual Giving at kleiser@lac.org or (212) 243-1313.
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White Collar Support Group Blog: Fellow Traveler Fred Aaron, Writing for Interrogating Justice
Fred Aaron is a member of our White Collar Support Group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings.
"My wife and I welcomed our first child into the world 19 years ago. It was a beautiful, sunny Friday afternoon in New York City, and my wife and son spent their first night together in a room with another first-time mother and her child. In fact, all the new mothers at New York Hospital were sharing rooms that September weekend, except for two.
The first was a wealthy woman who was in a huge, private suite at the end of the hall bedecked with enough flowers to send everyone to the allergy ward. The other mother in a private room really wasn’t alone. A member of the NYPD stood guard outside her room, with another police officer stationed inside. The new mother had her right wrist handcuffed to her bed and had to request the police officer to release her if she needed to use the bathroom. She was incarcerated at one of the many detention centers scattered around the five boroughs of New York.
The reality of that woman is lived by every pregnant person currently incarcerated in this country. And the ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization makes that already-bad situation much worse. Healthcare for incarcerated people is already something that is less than optimal. Dobbs promises to make neonatal care even worse, while limiting the right to terminate any unwanted or risky pregnancy..."
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White Collar Support Group Blog: First Step Act Earned Time Credit Update, by Fellow Traveler Robert Simels
Bob Simels is a member of our White Collar Support Group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings. Here’s an interesting tidbit: Bob was actually my first boss when I graduated law school – I was his law clerk until I received my law license. He was Henry Hill’s criminal defense attorney, who Ray Liotta played in the movie “Goodfellas”. Bob was a great guy then, as he is now. – Jeff
The First Step Act (FSA) was intended to encourage programming with the benefit of reducing time and other benefits- extra telephone minutes, visiting, etc.
However, on September 8, 2022, the BOP issued a memo that substantially impacted the time reduction goals. The Memo advised that the BOP will not credit ETCs toward early release for inmates who are 18 months or less from release. At 18 months, the BOP says, “the release date becomes fixed, and all additional ETCs are applied toward” HH/HC.
The practical effect of this language is that no inmates with sentences of less than 42 months will have enough time to collect ETCs, entitling them to 12 months off their sentence (the maximum allowed by law).
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White Collar Support Group Blog: “Arresting,” A Collection of Prose Poems, by Fellow Traveler John Dimenna
John Dimenna is a member of our White Collar Support Group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings.
GRANDDAUGHTERS VISIT
"She arrived, even in this tangled prison, her beguiling innocence still intact. With her parents in tow, she skipped out of the car, everything fair and starlight, the magic of everyday life that only seven-year old’s possess. Still not aware of her own beauty, nor the world hers, we shared like always, not a hint of place. “Do you know I love you,” I said. “You always say that Papa,” and smiled. Three missing teeth, that rare beauty of absence in a child's smile and stories of the tooth fairy. But on goodbye, she paused and finally grasped the scene, all these men in garbs of green. In the softest of words, as if only we could hear, “Is it hard?” she asked. I wanted to say yes but didn’t. Enough perfection and innocence to burn a shameful hole right through you. But a final wave from that perfect face of petals and smiles even I couldn’t spoil."
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Our White Collar Support Group was Featured in The New Yorker: Life After White Collar Crime, by Evan Osnos
"A support group launched in Greenwich CT serves 'guys detoxing from power.”
Congratulations to all of our White Collar Support Group members, friends and colleagues featured in this article. What an incredible journey of transformation and redemption we’ve been on together!
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Spiritual Urgent Care Group, Thursdays 1/2 Hour Check-in and Support, 9:30 am ET, 8:30 am CT, 7:30 am MT, 6:30 am PT
No registration necessary. All are invited! Please feel free to share!
Progressive Prison Ministries invites you to Spiritual Urgent Care, Online Group: Thursdays on Zoom, 9:30 am ET, 8:30 am CT, 7:30 am MT, 6:30 am PT. No registration necessary. Spiritual Urgent Care is open to all individuals who are being or have been prosecuted for white collar crimes or have suffered other life-altering or traumatic events.
IMPORTANT!: If you are currently on supervised release, probation, parole or similar supervision, it is important that you first discuss this with your P.O. To assist in this regard, information about our ministry is available on prisonist.org.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/397962564
Meeting ID: 397 962 564, Password: 373483
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Greenwich CT & Nationwide
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