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It's time for change!
I am running for Sheriff because it is time for change.
Care, Custody, Control, and Rehabilitation - that is the job of a Sheriff in Massachusetts. That is what I am going to focus on, so the taxpayers' dollars are being spent prudently and wisely.
I will measure if programs reduce reoffending so we can do more of what works, and reform what doesn't work. The incumbent Sheriff has never done this in 25 years in office. His approach is to talk tough is a distraction from a focus on rehabilitation. At the same time, Bristol County has the highest rate of recidivism (reoffending) in the state at 40% for people coming back from state prison. People coming back from state prison and the county jail both need the same reentry resources in the community to be successful. As sheriff, I will foster more partnerships that discharged inmates can utilize to stop the revolving door of inmates coming back from incarceration.
I also believe in term limits for executive political positions. I don’t believe an elected executive should stay in office for 25 years, as our current Sheriff has. And he’s seeking another six-year term for a total of 31 years!
That’s not what our founders intended.
My goal as Sheriff of Bristol County is to use my previous experience working in corrections and in public service to reform the county jail, making it better. I was elected to three terms as the Second Bristol District State Representative. I was elected to three terms as the Mayor of Attleboro. Both times I held myself to a voluntary term limit. I want to serve as Sheriff of Bristol County to enact important reforms in one or two terms, not be a Sheriff for life, and then move on.
Care, Custody, Control, and Rehabilitation - that is the job of a Sheriff in Massachusetts. That is what I am going to focus on, so the taxpayers' dollars are being spent prudently and wisely.
I will measure if programs reduce reoffending so we can do more of what works, and reform what doesn't work. The incumbent Sheriff has never done this in 25 years in office. His approach is to talk tough is a distraction from a focus on rehabilitation. At the same time, Bristol County has the highest rate of recidivism (reoffending) in the state at 40% for people coming back from state prison. People coming back from state prison and the county jail both need the same reentry resources in the community to be successful. As sheriff, I will foster more partnerships that discharged inmates can utilize to stop the revolving door of inmates coming back from incarceration.
I also believe in term limits for executive political positions. I don’t believe an elected executive should stay in office for 25 years, as our current Sheriff has. And he’s seeking another six-year term for a total of 31 years!
That’s not what our founders intended.
My goal as Sheriff of Bristol County is to use my previous experience working in corrections and in public service to reform the county jail, making it better. I was elected to three terms as the Second Bristol District State Representative. I was elected to three terms as the Mayor of Attleboro. Both times I held myself to a voluntary term limit. I want to serve as Sheriff of Bristol County to enact important reforms in one or two terms, not be a Sheriff for life, and then move on.
Experience matters
A Sheriff is not a police officer. They are both criminal justice professions, but they are completely different.
A police officer is about law enforcement, traffic stops, investigations.
I know because as mayor, I oversee a city police department.
The job of a Massachusetts Sheriff is about corrections. Running a county jail is about care, custody, control, and rehabilitation.
I know because I worked in a jail and a prison.
A police officer is about law enforcement, traffic stops, investigations.
I know because as mayor, I oversee a city police department.
The job of a Massachusetts Sheriff is about corrections. Running a county jail is about care, custody, control, and rehabilitation.
I know because I worked in a jail and a prison.
At 45 years old, 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 from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard, 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.
I have also lived and worked in the neighborhood Osama bin Laden was born in, Al Malaz, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2003, been to North Korea in 2013, Israel and Palestine in 2017, and have a Master's in International Relations from the London School of Economics. I wrote a 500-page book on terrorism "The Aftermath of Intention: The American Legacy in the Middle East" and published dozens of articles on terrorism.
I'm qualified.
I have also lived and worked in the neighborhood Osama bin Laden was born in, Al Malaz, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2003, been to North Korea in 2013, Israel and Palestine in 2017, and have a Master's in International Relations from the London School of Economics. I wrote a 500-page book on terrorism "The Aftermath of Intention: The American Legacy in the Middle East" and published dozens of articles on terrorism.
I'm qualified.
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A new vision for the county jail matters
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 through post-release discharge planning on:
- Housing to reduce homelessness upon release
- Employment through education and skills training
- Health care including drug addiction treatment and mental health treatment
- Prioritize correctional officer advanced training in:
- working with mental illness
- de-escalation tactics
- implicit bias awareness
- duty to intervene
- 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.