Russ Marlan Quotes (11 Quotes)

It is the program's intent to remove any barriers that would prevent them from getting a job, paying taxes and abstaining from illegal behavior. Before, it didn't take a genius to figure out it wouldn't be long before they'd go back to stealing, selling drugs, whatever it took to make a living.

We believe our employees in that unit were aware of that Supreme Court decision.

If he's truly interested in reducing parolee crime, he should show up and attend these meetings.

If he had gone to the board, they could have decided to continue his probation or reinstate the remaining two years on his original sentence for armed robbery.

There's not a shred of truth to that.

In any case, if there's information a parolee is using drugs or alcohol, that is definitely something we would like to know.

If there was no alcohol testing done on a case where the parole board said that he not use alcohol, it does add another layer of aggravation.

We're taking this very seriously. From the outset the (department) director (Patricia Caruso) has been clear that she wants this to be done as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. We have made the problem a top priority.

Obviously, he wasn't an outstanding prisoner. That's why he was denied parole four times, but there's certainly nothing about his conduct (in prison) to indicate torture and murder.

We were aware of that opinion and thought it was being applied. That is certainly part of our investigation.

These are human beings who have a long history of failing to comply with laws, and were not going to say this is a cure-all. But we hope we can see at least a modest reduction.