The Illusion of Parole
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2023-08-01
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Gordon Pack is serving an aggregate sentence of life with the possibility of parole for rape, kidnapping, and armed robbery offenses committed as a 15-year-old. A 2020 parole decision in Gordon’s case remains on hold pending another risk assessment and possible en banc proceedings. He has been incarcerated in the Maryland Division of Correction since 1980. Though his first five years of imprisonment were plagued with adjustment issues, he managed to turn his life around, becoming a model prisoner. He engages in various cognitive behaviour therapy, conflict resolution, alternatives to violence, juvenile counselling, and community service programs. He is a long-standing member of the Lifers’ Groups advocating for prison reform, rehabilitative and reentry services, victim awareness, and peer mentoring. He credits his reformation to remedial programs at Patuxent Institution, conversion to Orthodox Islam, and the loyal support of family, friends, and advocates. He can be contacted at:
Gordon Pack
MCI-J, SID# 250505
P.O. Box 549
Jessup, MD 20794, USA