The past couple of days a few INMATES have informed The Parole Board about some issues they encountered at the New Year's Casino Riot event this past Sunday. Many of the people voicing their frustrations have some legitimate grounds to complain about. Someone was roofied, another person had a LBB hoodie stolen, other people stated that they were treated poorly by the venue's staff.
All of this caused The Parole Board to become a little upset. We never want to host an event where even one INMATE has a bad experience. The positive vibes that radiate from our events are truly one of a kind. And of course, we want to build upon that not deteriorate from it. In order to prevent such things from happening again, we have investigated this as best as possible.
Unfortunately, it's going to be extremely hard to find out who put roofies in a drink or who stole another person's LBB contraband. The issues people experienced with the venue are a different matter. We have expressed these to the owners of the venue and I know they are working with some of the INMATES to make things right. We vow to never knowingly have an event at a place that would treat our members/friends poorly.
That being said, I hope these issues do not overshadow the success of the event. From what I can tell, even those that informed me about some of the above issues still had a lot of fun. Numerous people have told me what a great time they had on Sunday. The Parole Board welcomes everyone's thoughts and opinions so that we can continually improve and make things better for the INMATES. However, let's not lose sight of the fact that a lot of planning, work and money went into this event and, at the end of the night, numerous INMATES walked away with some great prizes from the raffle and we raised $1,500.00 for the Autism Speaks Charity.
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