Book Excerpt: Down & Out in Greenwich, Connecticut: From Prescription Opioid Addict to White Collar Criminal to The Minister to Hedge Funders, by Jeff Grant

Prologue Gary U.S. Bonds had been a big deal in the early sixties.  Thanks to a new tour produced by Bruce Springsteen and a hit called Dedication, he was enjoying a major comeback when I saw his name up on the marquee of The Paradise. Some friends and I had just finished a basketball game…

The Criminal Justice Insider Podcast with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant: Guest Tiheba Bain, Women’s Incarceration Advocate, Fri., March 20, 2020

On Friday, March 20, 2020, 9 am ET, Tiheba Bain was our guest on the Criminal Justice Insider Podcast with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant – The Voice of Criminal Justice. Live on WNHH 103.5 FM New Haven, rebroadcast at 5 pm. Live-streamed and podcast 24/7 everywhere, see below. Sponsored by the Community Foundation…

Award: The P.R.I.D.E. Entrepreneurial Program at the Cheshire T.R.U.E. Unit, by Barry S. Diamond

BEFORE RELEASE IS BETTER THAN AFTER RELEASE After 6 years of training released inmates after they returned back to their communities “how to go into business for themselves,” we discovered something.  Hundreds of students over the years mentioned that they wished that they could have started this training six months to a year before being…

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Forbes: White-Collar Defendants Have A Place To Go For Support, by Walt Pavlo. Progressive Prison Ministries Celebrates its 150th Online White Collar Support Group Meeting.

By Walt Pavlo, Reprinted from Forbes.com, April 16, 2019 White collar defendants (felons) face a number of obstacles. Many face their past demons and attempt to make amends with victims, family and friends. It is a difficult road and one where there are few supporters. It is a lonely journey discovering how to make people…

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Event at NYU Law School: Careers after Incarceration, a Roundtable Discussion by Formerly Incarcerated Professionals, Students, and Attorneys, Weds., Apr. 3, 2019, 7 pm ET

Careers after Incarceration: a Roundtable Discussion by Formerly incarcerated professionals, students, and attorneys. Free. Wed, April 3, 2019 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT NYU Law School Vanderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 A roundtable discussion on professional barriers after incarceration with directly impacted students, professionals, and attorneys. In conjunction with…

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The Criminal Justice Insider Podcast with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant, with Guest Gregg Caruso, Ph.D., Prof. of Philosophy SUNY Corning & Co-Director of Justice Without Retribution Network at Univ. of Aberdeen Scotland, Fri., Apr. 19, 2019, 9 am

The Criminal Justice Insider Podcast with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant – The Voice of CT Criminal Justice. Please join us on Friday, April 19, 2019, 9 am ET, with guest Gregg Caruso, Ph.D.., Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning and Co-Director of the Justice without Retribution Network at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.…

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Warning: Viewer Discretion Advised. The Content Within Is Not For Everybody!

Warning: The content below is not for everybody. But for our most compassionate and empathetic friends, we encourage you to read further. Thank you!  Dear Friends, While many of you already know much of our family’s story (detailed in greater depth in an article that appeared in the March 2018 issue of Greenwich Magazine, link),…