Prison cop turns against the War on Drugs • Safekeepers • BRAVE NEW FILMS
Richard Van Wickler, superintendent of Cheshire County Department of Corrections in Keene, New Hampshire, describes his awakening to the failure of the war ...
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My name is Richard Van Wickler I am the superintendent of the Cheshire County Department of Corrections in Keene, New Hampshire. I've become a reformer with respect to drug laws as a result of an awakening. I am 20 years in the business trying to do what I think is the right thing. The war on drugs is a significantly failed policy. I grew up in the military my father was a career Air Force person. I went into the military myself went into active duty in the army for three years. I came into corrections in 1987 because I was a young man, I had a family, and I needed a job. There were a lot of things that I would see that I didnt think were right and things that didn't feel right. When I was a brand new correctional officer, I am a brand new kid on the job and they brought in a constru...
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My name is Richard Van Wickler I am the superintendent of the Cheshire County Department of Corrections in Keene, New Hampshire. I've become a reformer with respect to drug laws as a result of an awakening. I am 20 years in the business trying to do what I think is the right thing. The war on drugs is a significantly failed policy. I grew up in the military my father was a career Air Force person. I went into the military myself went into active duty in the army for three years. I came into corrections in 1987 because I was a young man, I had a family, and I needed a job. There were a lot of things that I would see that I didnt think were right and things that didn't feel right. When I was a brand new correctional officer, I am a brand new kid on the job and they brought in a constru...
