I am Scott E. Peyton, Director of Government Affairs at Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit equipping the Church to serve currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families. Prison Fellowship serves men and women in six Virginia prisons through values-based programming like the Prison Fellowship Academy. We are asking for your support of SB776 in subcommittee on Wednesday!
I served as a probation and parole officer for nearly a decade in Louisiana, and I witnessed firsthand the value of community supervision. Probation officers play a vital role in protecting public safety, and effective supervision helps restore men and women back into their communities as productive, contributing neighbors.
SB 776 preserves judicial discretion, holds individuals accountable when nonpayment is willful, and reflects a fair and proportional approach to supervision. It ensures incarceration is reserved for behavior that warrants it, not for circumstances driven by economic hardship. Please see attached testimony in support of SB776.
I am Scott E. Peyton, Director of Government Affairs at Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit equipping the Church to serve currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families. Prison Fellowship serves men and women in six Virginia prisons through values-based programming like the Prison Fellowship Academy. We are asking for your support of SB776 in subcommittee on Wednesday! I served as a probation and parole officer for nearly a decade in Louisiana, and I witnessed firsthand the value of community supervision. Probation officers play a vital role in protecting public safety, and effective supervision helps restore men and women back into their communities as productive, contributing neighbors. SB 776 preserves judicial discretion, holds individuals accountable when nonpayment is willful, and reflects a fair and proportional approach to supervision. It ensures incarceration is reserved for behavior that warrants it, not for circumstances driven by economic hardship. Please see attached testimony in support of SB776.