I don’t believe that anyone in an elected executive capacity should stay in office for 25 years, never mind 31 years, like the incumbent Sheriff wants with another 6-year term.
I don’t think that is what our Founders intended.
I am running for Sheriff of Bristol County to reform the county jail, make it better, and then move on. I was elected to three terms as the Second Bristol District State Representative and then moved on. I was elected to three terms as the Mayor of Attleboro and am moving on. I want to serve as Sheriff of Bristol County for one or two terms to reform the system and then move on.
As your next Sheriff, I will put your safety first, prioritize rehabilitation, be transparent, evaluate programs expanding on what works and reforming what doesn’t, and set inmates up for successful reentry not reoffending and in doing so, save taxpayer money.
I don’t think that is what our Founders intended.
I am running for Sheriff of Bristol County to reform the county jail, make it better, and then move on. I was elected to three terms as the Second Bristol District State Representative and then moved on. I was elected to three terms as the Mayor of Attleboro and am moving on. I want to serve as Sheriff of Bristol County for one or two terms to reform the system and then move on.
As your next Sheriff, I will put your safety first, prioritize rehabilitation, be transparent, evaluate programs expanding on what works and reforming what doesn’t, and set inmates up for successful reentry not reoffending and in doing so, save taxpayer money.
Some of the goals I want to achieve as your Sheriff are:
- Keep you safe by running a professional modern jail system
- Focus on reducing reoffending through rehabilitation
- Measure the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs
- Publicize the results
- Reform programs that do not work
- Expand programs that do work
- Boost the three pillars of prisoner reentry
- Housing to reduce homelessness upon release
- Employment through education and skills training
- Health care including drug addiction treatment and mental health treatment
- Make our jail system a modern national model in evidence producing and transparent corrections
I don’t believe any of these are being
done to a satisfactory level.
We can do better.
We will do better.
done to a satisfactory level.
We can do better.
We will do better.
I have experience working in the Philadelphia county jail system, and the Massachusetts state prison system. I served as a state representative law maker on the public safety committee, and as a mayor overseeing a police department. I have a master’s in criminology, and have been published over 100 times on crime policy including topics such as jails, prisons and corrections, drugs and mental health, gun violence, and mental health awareness.