Maureen Hayden has a column entitled Criminal Code reform legislation will need funding to work. She notes that there is a major piece missing from the criminal code reform bill still pending before the General Assembly: money to make it work.
One of the bill’s original goals was to divert low-level, non-violent offenders out of state prisons, where the worst offenders belong, and into community-based programs proven to reduce recidivism.
But with just days to go before the session’s end, nowhere in the legislation or the $30 billion budget bill are the dollars for local jails and community correction facilities to run the drug rehabilitation programs that criminal justice experts say are needed to make a real dent in crime.
One of my critiques of the State’s budget balancing is that it has been done on the backs of local governments – cutting or freezing local funding while continuing to mandate certain services. This has the look of more of the same. You can’t have state legislation that has state court judges sentencing offenders to local programs without also providing funding for those programs.
Ah, the “tried and true” method of higher levels of government “off-loading to the periphery” for funding and/or management of mandated, yet unfunded programs. Probably the main reason why the Indiana legislature refuses to remove out-dated/redundant layers of local government. Who would they off-load all of their crap to then?
Racism, & Conservative Favored Christian Child Killers.
ICAN, (Indiana Canine Association Network) Is a prison dog-training program in Indiana prisons. Convicted murderer Melinda Loveless belongs to it and is their lead dog trainer. Melinda masterminded the 1992 kidnapping, 10-hr torture, and murder (burned alive) of 12-yr-old Shanda Sharer. Fellow inmate and assisted murderer of Shanda, Hope Rippey, was in the ICAN program and released early under suspicious circumstances in 2006.
No one knows who paid for Melinda’s attorney (Mark Small) with her attempt at release in 2007.
Search: “Shanda Sharer”
Search: “ICAN”+”Melinda Loveless”
Search: “Hope Rippey”+”Early Release”
ICAN’s mission statement is:
“To qualify for the program, offenders must have a background clear of violent behavior.”
So why is Melinda, and Hope before her in this program? Indiana prisons are overflowing with non-violent offenders, so better choices are available.
http://goshennews.com/local/x1759190873/Low-level-offenders-filling-Indiana-prisons
ICAN appears to support only religious Caucasian Inmates and the beneficiaries of the dogs they train appear to be exclusively Caucasian as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jjBo93K8T0
Odds are, most of the recipients of the prison trained dogs ($900) are affluent enough to pay for the dogs on the open market ($16,000) It costs ICAN approximately $16,000 to fully train an assistance dog.
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ican/facts
Is this another case of wealthy white people taking advantage of prison slave labor…. than setting them free?
ICAN Revenue: $10 mil. – $25 mil. (much of it tax dollars in way of grants) But Sally says ICAN’s budget has only $291,000 per yr in another interview. Over the ten years of ICAN’s existence that barely adds up to $3 mil, so where is the rest going?
http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/company?companyId=343300506&targetid=profile
Sally Irvin is affiliated with an all white prison ministry called Kairos. Both Hope and Melinda are converted born again Christians while incarcerated and chances are they belonged to this religious prison org. Many board members have Indiana and North Carolina connections.
http://kpmifoundation.org/index.php
To anyone that has followed this case they know Hope Rippey was released with a donation from a mysterious woman named Martha Adams that paid for her attorney Mark Small. There is a Sharon Adams affiliated with the Kairos Prison Ministry in the Indianapolis area, as well as a Don Adams. If funds from this ministry were used for Hope’s attorney it is a violation of Church and State since they receive State and Federal Grants to run their prison programs under the Faith Based Initiative program. Beverly Gault of Kairos Prison Ministries is Sally Irvin’s contact. Beverly Gault sure lives fat a sassy in a nice Indianapolis Suburb off the Kairos “Faith Based Initiative” grant money and donations.
Indiana and North Carolina connect.
Why is NASCAR’s Tony Stewart’s foundation for disabled children supporting a prison program led by a convicted child killer?
Tony Stewart’s affiliation to ICAN is immense and there is no way he does not know about Melinda Loveless’s involvement there, and Hope’s before her.
Search “ICAN”+”Tony Stewart Foundation”
For 2011, the board of the Tony Stewart Foundation awarded $10,000 Grant to ICAN
http://www.tonystewartfoundation.org/spotlightcharities.php#row6
Time: November 10, 2012 from 5:30pm to 10:30pm
Location: Indiana Roof Ballroom
City/Town: Indianapolsi
Event Type: fundraiser, celebration
Organized By: Dino Sierp – ICAN
ICAN’S Decade of Dogs – 10 years of unleashing abilities and changing lives – on both ends of the leash.
Nascar Champion Tony Stewart and Indy Car Team Owner, Sarah Fisher are honorary co-chairs.
http://community.petpalstv.com/events/ican-decade-of-dogs
Patty Spitler, of Pet Pals TV, hosted the event with Sarah Fisher and Tony Stewart (by video) opening the evening with words of inspiration
In addition, we extend our sincere thanks to the following businesses for their generous support:
Tony Stewart Foundation
Whiteland Raceway Park (Stewarts Indy go-kart Racetrack)
Sarah Fisher Hartman (Builds NASCAR racecars)
http://www.icandog.org/events/a-decade-of-dogs-celebration-a-huge-success
There is an obscure Indiana law that allows the Governor to parole inmates without the consent of the parole board or courts. It appears there is another attempt to release Melinda with ICAN propaganda videos coming out of Charlotte NC where Tony’s racing team is located. (Stewart-Haas Racing located in Kannapolis, N.C.)
One Charlie Petrizzo, a devote Catholic, x-Wachovia banker, 1% GOPer, and co-producer of this propaganda video intimidated and threatened to sue Brenda Nyberg. (I have the e-mail) Brenda created the petition to keep Melinda Loveless in prison back in 2007 and passed recently due to the added stress Charlie created. Brenda was a disabled grandmother caring for her special needs grandson.
Petrizzo and his bank stole the SS of senior citizens as to how he gained his wealth, they now eat cat food!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/business/20tele.html?pagewanted=1&hp
And laundered Mexican drug cartel money:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/26/news/companies/wachovia_mexico/index.htm?section=money_topstories
Is Stewart connected to Petrizzo?
Stewarts bullying on the track is one thing, but associated with the bullying of a good person, disabled grandmother with special needs grandson, who recently passed is something Stewart should answer for. If Stewart used his NASCAR standings for political favors in Indiana and this ICAN program, NASCAR is just as responsible.
Randy Davis of NC co-produced the propaganda video with Charlie Petrizzo titled, “Charlie’s Scars”. Randy Davis threatened me at youtube, Sally Irvin of ICAN is friends with Randy Davis here:
http://pinterest.com/icandog/pins/
Beth Sowell of NC is Randy’s friend as well and was involved with promoting the “Charlie’s Scars” propaganda video for Melinda.
Sally’s blog post with Hope Rippey (Anna R) as a follower. Anna is Hope’s middle name. Why is Sally still involved with Hope Rippey?
http://icanholidaylitter.blogspot.com/
Ask Sally where the rest of the ICAN money went and why she favors Caucasian, converted Christian, inmates… especially high-profile child killers?
ICAN phone number: (317) 250-6450
Sally Irvin posts at this Tony Stewart NASCAR website:
http://www.talk-sports.net/nascar/girlfriend.aspx/Tony_Stewart
Steve Sharer, didn’t you just post a lot of this on Sheila Kennedy’s site? Is this some sort of ad on the cheap?
Stewart…these are FACTS that you should be concerned about. How many other violent offenders has Sally Irvin released to your streets? While non-violent offenders eat away at your tax dollars.
Why are religious offenders given special treatment no matter what their crime? Were Melinda Loveless and Hope Rippey chosen because of the horrific nature of their crime…than rewarded?
Or is it greed? Do you have any idea how much credibility a religious prison org, or an org like ICAN carries with the inmates one they help high profile offender free? More inmates in ones program means more state funds that the Org’s officials pay themselves handsomely from…your tax dollars.
Sally Irvin claims that ICAN is worth 10-25mil, but her privet donations add up to way less…where do you think the rest is coming from?
Don’t confuse me with Stewart. I have nothing to do with this.