tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2766825045234154010..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: "How-to" guides detail new reform legislation aimed at de-incarcerationGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91023802818932723732011-10-01T00:39:21.991-05:002011-10-01T00:39:21.991-05:00i'm have to agree with grits here!
This is th...i'm have to agree with grits here!<br /><br />This is the same problem we've hit with the illegal megan's law regisry!<br /><br />hard to get anyone to can them when the average profit to the state for each name is somewhere around $12,000 per year!<br /><br />never mind what the crooks running the private ones are making!<br /><br /><br />one of the main reason florida is keeping people on theirs 3-5 YEARS AFTER DEATH!<br /><br />think i'm cracking up. go here!<br /><br />http://www2.orlandoweekly.com/util/printready.asp?id=8531<br /><br />and read <br />GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE <br />Are dead sex offenders really dangerous?rodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53923057454973783872011-09-30T12:29:07.313-05:002011-09-30T12:29:07.313-05:00Sorry grits but you are way off on your blaming pr...Sorry grits but you are way off on your blaming probation departments. Its probably quite the opposite... probation departments would like to discharge to keep probation caseloads down. It is prosecutors who refuse to play ball. They reject allowing anyone off of probation early. It doesn't sound good to voters. Unless it is a friend, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27744989647812930592011-09-29T13:06:06.132-05:002011-09-29T13:06:06.132-05:00It is amazing how legislation, research... continu...It is amazing how legislation, research... continue to miss the single entity that most blatently adheres to failing "TOUGH ON CRIME" sentencing, District Attorney's Offices. District Attorney's follow law enforcement's demand to lock everybody up and promise the public to lock up every criminal they come in contact with. District Attorney's offices singlehandedly contribute to the overutilization of prison bed space by low risk offenders.<br />Venture to say that less than 3% of the District Attorney's offices will support de-incarceration to any degree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91827953672047660652011-09-29T12:07:31.903-05:002011-09-29T12:07:31.903-05:0010:19, I agree with you about all the new laws pas...10:19, I agree with you about all the new laws passed, but probation departments aren't blameless, either.<br /><br />Historically, probation departments had an incentive to maximize the number of people they supervise because they get more money (though not much) for each one on the rolls. That caused CSCDs to resist legislative efforts to let probationers earn their way off supervision through good behavior and contributed to thwarting the goals of de-incarceration reforms.<br /><br />The Commitment Reduction Plan option creates an opportunity to get more resources even if the number of early releases increase. Yes, there's accountability. You can't set goals then make no effort to meet them, the way Collin and Bexar CSCDs did with their diversion grants. But it's problematic for CSCDs to complain that you have too few resources then make up excuses why you can't take advantage of new opportunities to acquire some.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16922381816285490902011-09-29T10:19:19.267-05:002011-09-29T10:19:19.267-05:00Grits, most probation departments are on the verge...Grits, most probation departments are on the verge of going broke! Health insurance is eating up our budgets. We still get about $127.40 per defendant for supervising misdemeanor cases and about $1.48 a day for felony cases. That has not changed in over 20 years!!! We are seeing a serious reduction in misdemeanor placements and now with early releases, departments are hurting financially! No department in their right mind will be signing up for the "reduction to prison plan" where we have to return money to the state! Probation will soon be a shell of its former self at this rate! Many rural areas will have to cut programs and staff and be a one man office!<br /><br />If the legislators want to reduce prison, how about they quit passing thousands of new laws every session!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com