Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System
Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update September/October 2020
September 10, 2020
BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR What follows is a letter I sent in July to an inmate at the Warm Springs Correctional Center in Carson City, Nevada: I receive hundreds of letters from veteran inmates. I…
Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update July/August 2020
June 29, 2020
BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR It’s not over. There was a lull in the number of infections, but now in several states there is a surge in the number of infected people. What occurs in the…
Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR In 2019 there will be transition and change. We will vote on proposals to dismantle VVA or transition VVA into a new national Veterans Service Organization. I encourage you to vote…
Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update November/December 2018
December 21, 2018
BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR I spoke at the Returning Veteran Issues Symposium in Johnstown, Pa., and I attended the unveiling of a monument honoring the achievements of women veterans at the National Cemetery in Calverton…
Chapter 391 Celebrates 30 Years
September 13, 2018
VVA Chapter 391 in Sonora, Calif., celebrated its 30th anniversary this week. Veteran Frank Smart saw the need for a local chapter of the Vietnam Veterans Association in Tuolumne County, and requested information. The paperwork…
Chapter 689 Veteran Freed From Prison Post
September 4, 2018
Tommy Joyner has given up his post as president of VVA Chapter 689 inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary, having been freed from prison after serving more than 30 years for murder. Joyner served in Vietnam…
Veterans Incarcerated & in the Justice System May/June 2018
May 23, 2018
BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR Gabriel sang a song for us. Gabriel is not an angel. He is a veteran incarcerated at the newly created Veterans Dormitory at Rikers Island in New York City. No one…
Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update January/February 2018
February 28, 2018
BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR Hope is the simplicity we live by. It is an expectation that something will happen. When I asked New York City to create a separate Veterans Ward on Rikers Island, the…
Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update November/December 2017
January 18, 2018
The Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee have plans to work for veterans in our nation's prisons and to create and improve Veteran Treatment Courts. (more…)
Incarcerated Chapter 1080 Awarded with VVA National Honors
December 4, 2017
Chapters 1080 and 1059 held a Veterans Day Ceremony and awards presentation on Nov. 6 at Union Correctional Institution (UCI) in Raiford, Florida. (more…)