tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2520657557201373458..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Britain may release offenders because of overcrowding, just like at the Texas Youth CommissionGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37696875121132293532007-11-08T18:46:00.000-06:002007-11-08T18:46:00.000-06:00Sunray, A vote to Regulate and Legalize drugs "" ...Sunray,<BR/><BR/> A vote to Regulate and Legalize drugs "" IS NOT "" a vote for or against any drug! "" IT IS NOT "" to solve our drug use problems! It is to do something that will take the support and power and money AWAY from those this failed policy of 30+ year guarantees it to YEAR AFTER YEAR! While ending the innocent deaths and spread of diseases, and bring back the trust and honor and respect those in Law Enforcement deserve!<BR/><BR/> I have buried family and Brothers in Law Enforcement over this CRAP! I am not a advocate for DRUGS! "" BUT "" at the same time we must use common sense to solve this problem! In the 60's and 70's our people did every drug known to man kind! And they went on to mature and become every profession known to mankind! Even Presidents, Brain Surgeons, Judges, Teachers etc...<BR/><BR/> The truth is MILLIONS of Americans have been using things others don't like, and they were NEVER problem to their families or others! UNTIL we passed biased and bigoted laws that made their Private lives PUBLIC!<BR/><BR/> Drug use IS NOT automatic abuse! We can no longer set by and watch our people and our children be fed upon! We can no longer arm our children and people with LIES and then deny WE ARE TO BLAME FOR THEM DYING!!!!<BR/><BR/>There Has To Be A Better Way!<BR/><BR/>Rusty White<BR/>Speaker www.leap.ccAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37825911319126261142007-11-07T09:36:00.000-06:002007-11-07T09:36:00.000-06:00abolishion movement ~ we have 11 private prisons i...abolishion movement ~ we have 11 private prisons in the UK but they still come under the same oversee body (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons) details here: http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/privateprison/<BR/>I disagree with releasing all drug offenders though: release those caught with small amounts for personal use maybe, but not those who sell, manufacture and traffic. In my eyes, they are worse than those who are doing time for just one murder because of the capacity of the drugs they sell to kill and harm many many others.<BR/><BR/>rusty ~ I cant fully agree with you either, though I admire anyone with enough passion to do something about their views. I've seen too many times first hand what drugs can do to people and there is no way I could condone legalising them all.<BR/><BR/>The only way I can see of changing things is to tackle the parole boards first, make changes to their requirements for parole and standardise them. Then instead of putting more $$$ into building prisons you cant staff, try putting the $$$ into community programmes instead. Get the kids before the pushers do, and give them something to aspire to that doesnt come in tin foil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88286250802523310142007-11-07T07:01:00.000-06:002007-11-07T07:01:00.000-06:00I wonder if the UK has Private Prisons. I say rele...I wonder if the UK has Private Prisons. I say release all non violent (drug related crimes) offenders. Also, how many more could be released to home lock ups?That alone should ease the overcrowding. We also have an overcrowded prison population in Massachusetts,due mainly to the drug crimes.The Abolishment Movementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638570735817934522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60197170657763345872007-11-07T05:42:00.000-06:002007-11-07T05:42:00.000-06:00sunray, WELCOME, sadly you are not a lone in your...sunray,<BR/><BR/> WELCOME, sadly you are not a lone in your misery!:( We the supposed freest country on earth, have more people locked behind bars than any other country! Fear has now become the weapon and TOOL our political parasites use FREELY!<BR/><BR/> Reason, Rights and Freedoms are no longer an issue, only ones self serving agendas!:( Sadly " People Ranching " has become away to load ones budget, as well as feed the families and FEARS of the self pro-claimed chosen ones!<BR/><BR/> Don't give up hope on us yet, there is a movement rolling all across our Great Nation! Some of "" US "" are still silly enough to believe WE STILL OWN THIS COUNTRY! <BR/><BR/> The MINORITY that has hijacked our country, will one day answer to those they have been feeding upon!<BR/><BR/> I invite you to www.leap.cc we are an organization only 4 years old, yet we now speak in 57 different countries around the world. We started with 5 and now our numbers are in the thousands!<BR/><BR/> We will only suffer the abuse we willingly accept!<BR/><BR/> There Has To Be A Better Way!<BR/><BR/>Rusty White<BR/>Speaker www.leap.ccAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21244882510436044792007-11-06T08:35:00.000-06:002007-11-06T08:35:00.000-06:00Scott ~ you wont find a comparable number for your...Scott ~ you wont find a comparable number for your jail inmates to ours because the UK doesnt have the distinction between jail and prison like you guys do. The closest you might get is inmates who are held 'on remand', which means held in custody before trial.<BR/><BR/>rusty ~ well I'm one Brit who spends way too much time in Texas these days visiting my hubby in a TDCJ unit, and the idea of running an prison system for profit is about as alien to Brits as refried beans and longhorns! Our system isnt perfect by a long shot, but there are some parts of it that make a whole lot more sence than yours do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9896496373766851932007-11-06T04:51:00.000-06:002007-11-06T04:51:00.000-06:00May be the Brits need to come here and learn the f...May be the Brits need to come here and learn the fine art of " People Ranching "!:( They must not have learned how to make a profit off manipulated misery, or how to increase their taxes and departments budgets!:( Or is it their people will not accept being abused??? GOOD FOR THEM!!<BR/><BR/>Just may be " IF " we practiced the very principals this country was founded upon, and returned to the days EVERYBODY minded their own business! There would be plenty of room in our jails, courts and prisons!<BR/><BR/>If we held Free Americans with supposed Individual Freedoms accountable for their " ACTIONS "! Instead of others taught biases, bigotry and manipulated fear mongering, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS MESS!<BR/><BR/>Sadly our country and her supposed Freedoms, Justice and Liberty for all, has been manipulated in to " You can have as much Freedom and Liberties and Justice as you can AFFORD "!<BR/><BR/>The PROOF a systems is corrupt is when it can no longer support it's self! That is where we are at today, OVERLOADED!!! <BR/><BR/>There Has To Be A Better Way!<BR/><BR/>Rusty White<BR/>Speaker www.leap.ccAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65053297034227629802007-11-05T18:19:00.000-06:002007-11-05T18:19:00.000-06:00If you even speak about putting juvies in a "work"...If you even speak about putting juvies in a "work" program all the advocacy groups will come out of the woodwork screaming,"abuse"! I think it would be a wonderful- do you know how boring it is for youth during a 16-hour(ha-ha) schedule. We've said for years-let them tend gardens, work with animals, anything to where they feel like they are accomplishing something. No funding, no funding, it is against their rights, and the list goes on...We can't even get the vocational programs that we need at the facilities to train them in job skills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2719195420820108982007-11-05T16:28:00.000-06:002007-11-05T16:28:00.000-06:00I agree with both those suggestions. Both would do...I agree with both those suggestions. Both would do more to prevent crime and recidivism, IMO, than incarceration for most low-level offenders.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57094522715614652182007-11-05T15:42:00.000-06:002007-11-05T15:42:00.000-06:00Cutting sentences is no different than giving offe...Cutting sentences is no different than giving offenders 10 days for every day served, as they did back in the early 90's. If community sentences involving something other than incarceration is to be examined, why not consider state funded Sanction Courts and state run work crews? Most probation departments have had Community Service Programs funded from local collections for years, and are losing them rapidly because of diminishing resources. Certainly it would be a cheaper alternative than short prison sentences at $41.00 per day per offender. Probation has become a catch all to prevent the prison population from getting out of hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com