tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post1411682466202553521..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Parole board chair Rissie Owens personally liable for rights violationGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87358374054813132992011-05-30T11:58:35.421-05:002011-05-30T11:58:35.421-05:00Really there are many useful things which will ver...Really there are many useful things which will very helpful for us.Online Pharmacyhttp://www.pharmacyescrow.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45297709903249026982011-05-30T03:15:40.795-05:002011-05-30T03:15:40.795-05:00Thanks for this article! I have a friend who is se...Thanks for this article! I have a friend who is sentenced to spend many years in a Texas prisonGeneric Online Pharmacyhttp://www.pharmacyescrow.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24909178867903966272010-10-20T21:56:53.154-05:002010-10-20T21:56:53.154-05:00When Ms. Owens was requested at a hearing where an...When Ms. Owens was requested at a hearing where an offender threatened her and an entire parole office, she did not bother to show up. Furthermore, she did not even advise the PO or Hearing officer that she had no intention of showing up. She sent a letter to the jail that arrived after the hearing started that it could not be entered into evidence. There was a taped recording of his offender threatening to enter the parole office with an uzi and start shooting parole officers. This offender admitted he said it and that he had people in the community ready to help him carry it out. When the board had the chance to rule on the sustained allegations, they continued this offender on parole. This offender is also deemed such a threat that he is on Active GPS, lives at the work release program at jail, and must be escorted at all times by 2 unarmed parole officers at all times. The board deemed him such a threat they placed these restrictions on him but when he threatens parole staff it is no big deal. Way to support the parole officers who are ensuring your parole conditions are carried out, BPP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64505074334065944272010-08-24T14:21:43.927-05:002010-08-24T14:21:43.927-05:00This is a very small ass whipping from what should...This is a very small ass whipping from what should be a very big ass kickin. Russie Owens and her co-workers (P.o's) violated thousands of ex-offenders legal rights by no affording them the proper attorney instead they were given a bogus attorney who was only at the parole hearing for show and tell. These so called attorneys were paid through the parole board for their services,went against their own clients for pay,reguardless of the parolees rights. SAD TO SAY....those attorneys weren't worth a sack of dog s**t. I think I'll take my sack of dog s**t and plow,I'll find better results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29416710903109285282009-10-12T20:36:04.465-05:002009-10-12T20:36:04.465-05:00Is Rissie Owens really that bad??.........YES!! Sh...Is Rissie Owens really that bad??.........YES!! She is a Rick Perry political cronie.....it sure smells a lot like Shoda Perkins up in there(BPP).....andyAndres Morin IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21961837535890957022009-10-12T12:22:47.133-05:002009-10-12T12:22:47.133-05:00"Can she sue the TDCJ and the lawyers for mis..."Can she sue the TDCJ and the lawyers for mis-advising her?"<br /><br />Probably not.<br /><br />To rise to the level of actionable malpractice, it has to be more than just advice that turned out to be bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89012369514658902282009-10-12T11:18:46.076-05:002009-10-12T11:18:46.076-05:00Can she sue the TDCJ and the lawyers for mis-advis...Can she sue the TDCJ and the lawyers for mis-advising her?mojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2143028955464357762009-10-11T17:02:31.860-05:002009-10-11T17:02:31.860-05:00Until the state involves restorative justice, reha...Until the state involves restorative justice, rehabilitation, and restitution into TDCJ units and the way parolees are supervised, the system is going to fail. I don't see the logical sense for sending a person to prison for 55 plus years for a crime that they committed when they were 16 years. Punishment is only a small percentage of the equation and when you get management and administrators like Owens and the rest of the Board you are going to have nothing but what we have now. TDCJ and all of its departments need a serious makeover.Porschenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32194195571743658272009-10-11T14:03:09.888-05:002009-10-11T14:03:09.888-05:00It's a great day for all freedom loving people...It's a great day for all freedom loving peoples. For too long now these miscreants have enjoyed the benefits of serving on state boards while being accountable to no one. Now if we could just get rogue prosecutors and cops held to the same standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34503877088062552682009-10-11T06:42:33.932-05:002009-10-11T06:42:33.932-05:00Altho the TBPP is held liable for violating the ri...Altho the TBPP is held liable for violating the rights of this parolee, I wonder if the US Parole Commission can ever be held liable for their right violations, which are a common practice. After spending more than 12 YEARS in prison for a $10,000 Mail Fraud, and serving more than 10 years on parole, on an imposed 20 year sentence, this Federal Agency still refuses to release me from this sentence. However, Mr. Garrido was released early from his sentence due to his remarkable rehabilitation. http://www.kcra.com/news/21211104/detail.html<br />In view of this decision in Texas, the vicitms of this monster's actions should pursue a Civil case against the US Parole Commission!paladins4https://www.blogger.com/profile/04774633246422090091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-358157020575590832009-10-10T23:56:28.642-05:002009-10-10T23:56:28.642-05:00Governor + Perry = BARF!!!Governor + Perry = BARF!!!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21509485165280375402009-10-10T23:55:30.638-05:002009-10-10T23:55:30.638-05:00The sneaking...conniving...secret parole boards ma...The sneaking...conniving...secret parole boards may be ending!! YAY!!!!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51186353318813908212009-10-10T20:07:24.287-05:002009-10-10T20:07:24.287-05:00Let's hope the fate of Rissie Owens becomes Bi...Let's hope the fate of Rissie Owens becomes Bill Fitzgerald and Kathy Decline!!!!!!!!!!!<br />Then the parole board and probationers urinalysis rights across the state will be fair and some what better off. Let's see what Judge Xavier Rodriguez of San Antonio's western district does. He is Republican so I bet he tosses the case. I read some of the case it is real sick to think that chief probation was that corrupt. Lets see if justice will prevail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39281689171664160102009-10-10T12:07:25.927-05:002009-10-10T12:07:25.927-05:00Grits: Here's hoping you'll stay after BP...Grits: Here's hoping you'll stay after BPP with your usual tenacity and fervor. It's just as poorly run as TYC and needs to be held accountable.Atticusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91399400791285420672009-10-10T11:49:51.507-05:002009-10-10T11:49:51.507-05:00Don't you know Rissie Owens is plotting reveng...Don't you know Rissie Owens is plotting revenge? Judge Sparks had better watch his back.<br />Guess it was these same attorneys that found a loop hole in the last go-around. To the best of my recollection she was ordered to provide the reason for a set-off but that didn't happen. It seems that Whitmire should be closing loopholes and giving it another shot but I am not a lawyer. Such a step at this time would be a double whammy.SBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17771426407793750051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49611871938674847482009-10-10T08:50:20.872-05:002009-10-10T08:50:20.872-05:00BPP needs new legal counsel, eh?BPP needs new legal counsel, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25114213044709657912009-10-10T08:17:28.696-05:002009-10-10T08:17:28.696-05:00I have another bone to pick with the BPP. My son ...I have another bone to pick with the BPP. My son should have been released 4 months agao, and we are still waiting to hear something. Sounds like the BPP is still up to it's old antics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36602795471489196362009-10-10T07:29:54.739-05:002009-10-10T07:29:54.739-05:00Fear and loathing in the USA; Sex Offender laws, t...Fear and loathing in the USA; Sex Offender laws, the toxic mix of hysteria, ignorance and Old Testament religious fundamentalism. This nation is quickly abandoning nobility and embracing retribution, exchanging freedom for a tenuous and false sense of security. All being lead blindly by politicians pandering to the hysterical and uninformed through the sensationalist media just to get elected? Intriguing, especially since Jesus said: “But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the Day of Judgment than for you.”VDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885953873587506138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28214548890753884922009-10-10T02:01:39.750-05:002009-10-10T02:01:39.750-05:00doran ~ Gov Perry appoints BPP members. Need we sa...doran ~ Gov Perry appoints BPP members. Need we say more?<br /><br /><br />TX doesn't actually need to run parole reviews the way it does. Few other states (or countries) hold such hearings in secret, give the inmates no opportunity to meet with the Board members or put their case under interview directly (TDCJ inmates are sometimes interviewed by a parole officer at their unit), or deny such a high number of inmates who the DoC have recommended for release or parole on medical grounds. <br /><br />Keeping inmates in prison because 3 people who have never met them and spend an average of 45 seconds looking at their case file don't like the crime they committed or think the law is wrong on offering a chance of parole at that time (nature of offense and insufficient time served are the two most common reasons given for denial) is expensive. Your tax dollars are being spent on keeping inmates in prison. Usually, people who throw the term "tax dollars" into the conversation don't want their money spent on inmates. <br /><br />The alternatives are: <br />No parole at all, which would very quickly cripple TX financially and put the lives of many more corrections officers and the public at risk.<br /><br />or a parole system that assumes release will happen, unless an inmate has displayed inappropriate behaviour while incarcerated, or has no support plan in place for their release.<br /><br />Parole is a very good way of supervising individuals in the community as PART of their sentence. Denying parole and then releasing inmates at full-term removes that option for supervision. They can get out and go/do whatever they please.sunray's wenchhttp://www.helium.com/items/1310875-help-and-advice-for-relatives-of-prisonersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50945801769989245752009-10-09T18:49:10.111-05:002009-10-09T18:49:10.111-05:00Amazing! Altho there are someexcellent, thoughtfu...Amazing! Altho there are someexcellent, thoughtful and fair minded BPP members & staff, there is a God syndrome going on there. <br />BPP needs to be laundered and hung out to dry ...in the light.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5391269892282252592009-10-09T17:43:53.655-05:002009-10-09T17:43:53.655-05:00Perhaps we are not delving deeply enough when look...Perhaps we are not delving deeply enough when looking at the system. The ruling that inmate records could not be reviewed came from a prior Atty General's office if I'm not mistaken and the ruling has been allowed to continue. Ms. Coogan is employed by the AG. Rissie says she was following legal counsel's advice (AG office). Where does the buck stop?Texas Mavericknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85421144111909113912009-10-09T10:28:17.455-05:002009-10-09T10:28:17.455-05:00It's about about time some of the people who r...It's about about time some of the people who run the system are held accountable for their abuse of it.<br /><br />It think all involved just assumed that any convicted of a crime in Texas just flat didn't have any constitutional right to due process.<br /><br />I hope to see more smack downs like this.Charlie Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81099207039135750842009-10-09T10:23:07.174-05:002009-10-09T10:23:07.174-05:00Thanks for this article! I have a friend who is se...Thanks for this article! I have a friend who is sentenced to spend many years in a Texas prison for a very minor crime and I hope that his request for parole will be successful. This article gives me hope, many thanks!KCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86697634997269931642009-10-09T08:17:21.968-05:002009-10-09T08:17:21.968-05:00Who, pray tell, appointed Owens?
Can you name tho...Who, pray tell, appointed Owens?<br /><br />Can you name those TDCJ lawyers who escorted their clients into this mess? They may have future political ambitions.<br /><br />And Ms. Kim Coogan, the State's attorney who was fined for contempt of court? What was she thinking?dorannoreply@blogger.com