tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2497720725210272127..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: A rose-colored overview of community supervisionGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53358702871864020212016-05-19T09:54:20.742-05:002016-05-19T09:54:20.742-05:00I don't think it is CSCD Directors that are pu...I don't think it is CSCD Directors that are pushing technical to be revoked. CSCD's are following CJAD's rules. An example: when do you place an offender as an absconder? CJAD says after 3 months of not reporting.<br /><br /> I think the best way of reducing technical violations is to change the felony judgment to say: Report and pay and have a nice day!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57904759514130517502016-05-18T07:04:12.693-05:002016-05-18T07:04:12.693-05:00Lots of people get off probation early. It's d...Lots of people get off probation early. It's difficult, but it does happen. HB1205 and Sec. 20e of TCCP Art. 42.12 allow early time credits for state jail and third degree felons. These credits went into effect September of 2011, and we're starting to see folks who were granted 5 yr probation terms in the fall of 2011 and early 2012 start to come eligible for these time credits. The philosophy Welebob talks about doesn't just have to do with revocations, but also early released. Too many probation administrators take the stance that probationers already "got a break" by being on probation, so they don't deserve early termination. Others hold offenders' criminal histories against them in the early term review. Still others don't want otherwise eligible clients to get off probation early because they pay their monthly fees. If CJAD can come up with a uniform policy for this, it may help a lot. And if the funding structure made more sense, keeping people on probation because they pay would no longer be an issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47461916347638579372016-05-17T14:33:43.842-05:002016-05-17T14:33:43.842-05:00Because of changes in statute in 2007, she said, e...<i>Because of changes in statute in 2007, she said, early termination rates have risen, sentences are shorter, more time credits are in place, and in general low-risk people find it easier to get off supervision, Welebob argued. Those left on the probation rolls have both higher needs and higher risk of re-offending. As such, she argued, one would then expect revocation rates to tick up just a bit in the near future.</i><br /><br />This too is misleading or flat out short of the full truth. By statute, registered citizens are not allowed off probation early, no matter how strictly they adhere to all the terms. (In my spouse's case, 42 of them, the standard of Bastrop County)<br /><br />Given that statistics show that those convicted of sex offenses have the lowest recidivism rate with the exception of murderers, and the ever increasing numbers of those on the registry, how bloated are CSCD's case loads made up of SO's who are very little danger to society?<br /><br />How many SO's are violated late in their probation terms by silly ass issues? Personally, I know of at least three who have gone <b>years</b> without issue, only to be revoked at year 9.5 of a 10 year probation term. I know others who've been extended for no good reason. There is an appeals case in the courts now over this very issue where the convicted person was revoked at the end of a 10yr probation term only to be then sent to prison for 10 years! What a cluster....<br /><br />My point being that CSCD's manufacture much of their own caseloads to keep themselves going via revocations and harsh tactics over non-payment of fees when it is just not necessary for the greater good and safety of the community.He's Innocentnoreply@blogger.com