tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2702728579422829713..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Will slight rise in inmate numbers keep Lege from closing prisons?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14502431562490377742010-11-29T09:32:20.543-06:002010-11-29T09:32:20.543-06:00Another thing that needs attention.
Good-time &...Another thing that needs attention.<br />Good-time & earned-time needs to be made for some aggravated cases.<br />Some get rail-roaded by these so called court appointed lawyers that do nothing to help their clients & draw a check from the County.They should be able to serve<br />1/3 instead of 1/2 their time before being released.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-26133457386422162682010-11-29T09:17:29.504-06:002010-11-29T09:17:29.504-06:00There are many locked up that don't need to be...There are many locked up that don't need to be. Prison is for criminals. So many need to be out working & making a living for their families that are not CRIMINALS !!! This Texas system has got out of control on "LOCKEM UP."Each prison knows who are the criminals at their units. Just ask them. Keep the criminals locked up & turn the rest out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57191217055348597702010-11-15T18:13:28.216-06:002010-11-15T18:13:28.216-06:00Scott - Thanks for sharing the article about what ...Scott - Thanks for sharing the article about what is going on with reducing prison sentences and getting populations down in Michigan. Obviously one of the largest expenditures in Texas for prison care is in healthcare. I am wondering if those who would be eligible in another state for a medical parole would benefit in Texas because I am wondering who would then ensure that these folks got healthcare? I am in favor of medical parole, but not if doing so simply transfers the cost back to already over burdened county health care systems. Texas has always been really behind many of the other states with regard to getting prisoners educated and into jobs in the current marketplace that earn a liveble wage. I agree that the population needs to be drastically reduced, but am concerned that the time it would take to get programming to the offenders that would actually reduce recidivism will take so long as to make it unfeasible considering the current budget crisis. I think that the reductions of penalties as well as offering some mandatory parole is where Texas will have to look toward to. The only thing is TX parole officers are already carrying huge caseloads and aren't receiving sufficient training to do the job. Who will supervise these offenders that get released? I was a halfway house officer in 1999-2000 and the folks coming out on mandatory releases were not folks you could find home plans for, and in some instances had committed crimes so heinous they did not need to be walking around anyway. The mandatory releases need to be geared to the non-violent and those whose prison records were such that they can get along in a workplace or other public venue.Ex-POnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89981154881229328672010-11-10T17:55:11.254-06:002010-11-10T17:55:11.254-06:00Save money, let my husband go! He has served his ...Save money, let my husband go! He has served his time-- release him! I will kick his ass if he EVER gets in any trouble or breaks the law again-- that will reduce recidivism! This life without him sucks! I did not get married to live out my years alone-- he got 15 years for a check he wrote 20 years ago! Let him go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69398818341308730712010-11-09T15:25:26.127-06:002010-11-09T15:25:26.127-06:00Predictable.Predictable.Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.com