Articles Related to Incarcerated Veterans

Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update September/October 2022

September 26, 2022

BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR The Leadership Conference in Greenville, South Carolina, gave us an opportunity to offer a seminar on the purpose and direction of the VINJUS Committee. Gary Newman, Tony Di Leo, and I…

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Veterans Incarcerated and in the Justice System Committee Update May/June 2022

June 5, 2022

BY DOMINICK YEZZO, CHAIR Statistics demonstrate that three years after being released from incarceration, veteran offenders are no more likely to commit a crime than anyone who has never been to prison. According to our…

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Chapter 195’s Pawliclki Is Lightning Community Hero

February 11, 2019

The Tampa Bay Lightning NHL franchise recently honored Raymond Pawliclki, member of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) Chapter 195 in Dade County, Fla., as a Lightning Community Hero. Pawliclki received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning…

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Jail

Chapter 11 Aids in Creating Jail Dorm for Veterans

September 22, 2016

For 18 years members of Suffolk County Chapter 11 have visited inmates of the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Yaphank, NY . Their interactions prompted them to create Veterans Re-entry Program. One part of the…

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Corrections Salute

Long Island Veterans Mentor Incarcerated Veterans

August 31, 2016

A Long Island, NY chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 11 , is working with the Suffolk County Courts to help veterans on the wrong side of the law readjust to civilian life…

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Chapter 732 Helps the Homeless

November 6, 2015

Members of Chapter 89 in Lima gathered outside the Fraternal Order of Eagles parking lot on Robb Avenue for a mission: helping the area homeless by providing sleeping bags. Their job was to unroll the…

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Chapter 1065 Raise Money for Local Veterans Charities

November 6, 2015

Incarcerated Chapter 1065 at the Soledad, California, Correctional Facility (more…)

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