tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post116793000443922647..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Speculative private prison construction in East Texas doesn't match state plansGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1168306473380560412007-01-08T19:34:00.000-06:002007-01-08T19:34:00.000-06:00sunray's wench,You obviously have a limited unders...sunray's wench,<BR/>You obviously have a limited understanding of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. You are correct in stating that these numbers are not reported the same as transfer or institutional division numbers. (Of course, neither are State Jail numbers) However, you are incorrect in your accusation that these facilities do not follow any TDCJ regulations. Intermediate sanction facilities fall under the supervision of the TDCJ-PD (the Parole Division) not TDCJ-ID (the Institutional Division). TDCJ-PD operates one of the five ISF facilities currently in operation. TDCJ-PD obviously regulates this facility by operating it. The other four ISF facilities have a full-time TDCJ-PD employee assigned to each facility to ensure the private contractors operate the facilities in accordance with TDCJ-PD guidelines. The regulations in effect at these facilities are as follows:<BR/>Training, staff development, position qualifications and licenses are governed by TCLEOSE. (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education) This is the same agency that licenses all Texas peace officers and all county jailers. All other regulations are the same as either TDCJ-SJD (the State Jail Division) or TDCJ-ID. The parolees housed in ISF facilities have the same rights and a few more privileges than the offenders housed in TDCJ-ID facilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1167947868744090722007-01-04T15:57:00.000-06:002007-01-04T15:57:00.000-06:00And if you keep them out of the existing TDCJ unit...And if you keep them out of the existing TDCJ units (excluding the 'transfer' facilities such as Middleton) then they dont get counted as being in the prison population, thus keeping the official statistics down. Unfortunately, they also then dont come under any regulation related to TDCJ units either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com