Author: Amy Ralston Povah

Name: Martha A. Garnica
DOB: 08-31-1966
Age: 53
Race: White (Hispanic -U.S. Citizen)
Raised: El Paso, Texas
Tried: Western District
Will live: El Paso, Texas
Charges: Conspiracy, marijuana, bribery
Sentence: 20 years
Sentenced on: 2009
Served: 10 years
Priors: First … Read the rest

Please sign Bernetta Willis’ change.org petition

Name: Bernetta L. Willis #: 11880-002
DOB: 06/05/1978
Age: 41
Children: Children: 5 children: Mercedes McQueen, 24 years old; Eddie McQueen, 22 years old; Lexus McQueen, 20 years; Leshedrick Willis, 18 years old; Camry … Read the rest

Congrats to Andrea James who was released to ICE in Boston. She needs an immigration attorney.
Name: Andrea Joy James #17868-056
DOB: 04/03/1966
Age: 53
Children: 1 Daughter – 2 granddaughters and 2 grandsons
Race: Black
Raised: Jamaica
Tried: North … Read the rest

Name: Debbie M. Singleton #: 62211-097
DOB: 2/22/1965
Race: white – Mexican/Hawaiian
Age: 53
Grew up in: San Mateo, CA
Children: Four children, Michael, Rodolfo, Antonio, Alejandro
Charge: Conspiracy to distribute 500 or more grams of meth (in VA). Went … Read the rest

Rachel was released on 1/10/2020
Name: Rachel Rogers #09797-059
DOB: 8/10/73
Age: 46
Race: Hispanic
Children: 4
Grandchildren: 1
State raised: North Dakota
Will release: Brooklyn, New York
Charge: Conspiracy to distributed 500 grams of Meth
Sentence: 18 … Read the rest

Name: Cloretha White-Peak #18114-018
DOB: 3/13/72
Race: African American
Marital Status: Recently Divorced
Age: 48
Children: 1 son age 28 (7 at time of my incarceration)
Charges: Conspiracy to commit carjacking, to PWITD cocaine, (924(c)), obstruction of interstate commerce
Sentence:… Read the rest

We were elated to get the wonderful news that Melissa was scheduled to go to a halfway house on Nov 14th.  This is a date many of us have waited for!  Congrats to the entire Trigg family.

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Congratulations to Mary Ziman – she is finally free.  Her son Corey picked her up from FCI Greenville and here are the photos of her happy freedom day!

She had been hospitalized several times, blind in one eye – losing … Read the rest

 Name: Holly Dawn Moore
DOB: 7/12/82
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
Age: 34
Children:  One son, age 18 years old
Charge: Conspiracy to Robbery Affecting Commerce
Sentence: 16 years 4 months
Years Served to Date: 11 years
Date Sentence … Read the rest

Rose Ella Summers – 20697-001
DOB: 9-11-70
Age: 47
Children: 1 son – Victor
Race: White
Raised: Grand Prarie, Texas
Tried: Dallas, Texas
Will live: Dallas, Texas
Charge: Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Money Laundering
Sentenced: May 7, 1997
Sentence:… Read the rest

Lori Kavitz called CANDO from the airport in Orlando on May 16, 2018 – her freedom day! 

Sent. Judge Mark Bennett supports Lori’s clemency

Lori Kavitz 02310-029
DOB: 10/15/58
Age: 57
Race: White
Children: 2 sons, 3 grandchildren
Charge: Conspiracy … Read the rest

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Linda walked out of federal prison on April 13, 2017 and is now in Kalamazoo Michigan!  Congratulations to Linda and her family – what a milestone!

Name: Linda Lee Byrnes – 68415-079
DOB: 7/6/46
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
State … Read the rest

Minnie Thomas is #5 on the CAN-DO Top 25 Women was given the miracle of freedom on Aug 3, 2016 by President Obama.  

CAN-DO worked with Katina Smith to get a change.org petition up supporting her mother’s clemency. The Denver … Read the rest

in Mexico. She came to the United States when she was 12 years old.

Rita Becerra 25886-077
DOB: May 22, 1951
Age: 63
Children: 1 daughter, 1 son and 4 grandchildren
Race: Hispanic
Raised: Dallas, Texas
Tried: Austin, Texas
Will … Read the rest