tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3034228895746932569..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Tidbits from TDCJ board meetingGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11224103111150328582010-03-04T22:12:17.726-06:002010-03-04T22:12:17.726-06:00Some may feel squeamish about eating it, but rabbi...Some may feel squeamish about eating it, but rabbit has a fan base that grows as cooks discover how easy they are to raise — and how good the meat tastes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55984287224483149792010-02-15T23:34:00.007-06:002010-02-15T23:34:00.007-06:00jcc ~ as far as I'm aware, that list is just t...jcc ~ as far as I'm aware, that list is just the books that have been banned in the previous month. What individuals need is a definitive list of books that will not be permitted into any TDCJ facility, not a list of books that may get through somewhere else depending on whether the mailroom staff are familiar with the content or bother to read the jacket blurb.sunray's wenchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71919933074177835972010-02-15T16:39:41.618-06:002010-02-15T16:39:41.618-06:00TDCJ does publish a list of banned books every mon...TDCJ does publish a list of banned books every month. You can ask the Ombudsman to have new and old ones emailed to you. They're a "hoot." <br />~jccCon-Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624840435847378431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5852876442131431462010-02-15T08:49:20.360-06:002010-02-15T08:49:20.360-06:00"Also, the rule will require that both the se..."Also, the rule will require that both the sender and intended recipient of any material banned as inappropriate will be notified of the denial and procedures for appeal. "<br /><br />Now, who does TDCJ consider the "sender" of a book? I can't send a book to my wife. I have to order it through Amazon or Literary Guild. Do they notify those retailers that the book is "inappropriate"? What would they care. I'm still waiting for the Lane Murray unit to either cough up the books they refused to give my wife or the $55.00 I paid for them. Sunray's Wench is absolutely correct, just publish a frigging list already.Charlie Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89724477187651984092010-02-14T15:36:01.018-06:002010-02-14T15:36:01.018-06:00Lockdown & sack lunch because nobody came to w...Lockdown & sack lunch because nobody came to work. Cold this week, don't want to go out in the cold, call in. Find 5% in the budget, no problem, lockdown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-76557309046466968382010-02-14T09:21:30.079-06:002010-02-14T09:21:30.079-06:00To: Paul From Texas,
There are really two sets of...To: Paul From Texas,<br /><br />There are really two sets of staffing on units. One is the Staffing Plan and the other is the staff available to work on any given day.<br /><br />A unit may be staffed at 85% of authorized staff but may only have 60% or less, of the assigned staff available to pull a shift. This is caused by staff calling in sick, staff on extended sick leave, staff at annual training, staff on regular vacation, staff being utilized by higher headquarters in off-unit, non-staffing authorized positions. <br /><br />Go back about 20 years and look at the staffing plans for units. They have been cut repeatedly for only one reason; to reduce staff vacancies!<br /><br />TDCJ Administrators will tell you the staffing plan has built in relief factors and several other responses to placate the public AND POLITICIANS. The reality is unsafe prisons due to staffing shortages. <br /><br />Remember the Executive Director is not a correctional professional, he is just the political administrator, a "Yes" Man, surrounded by other "Yes" men and women.<br /><br />Retired 2004Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88980514960140030782010-02-13T21:17:58.920-06:002010-02-13T21:17:58.920-06:00They deleted positions to the staffing plan that i...They deleted positions to the staffing plan that is one of the reasons they can say we have enough officers. Someone needs to compare approved positions 3 years ago to approved positions we have today. I know 4 people on our shift have retired and we were told that they won't be replaced because we were over staffed. Thats all good if we were not short staffed everyday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6128292796757163442010-02-13T15:18:13.825-06:002010-02-13T15:18:13.825-06:00I find this very interesting. My son is a guest of...I find this very interesting. My son is a guest of the TDCJ system and his unit has been consistently short staffed since the holiday. They're running one chow line. Vistation has more restrictions and he called this week to say that there was only 1 guard to 4 halls so all classes and other activities were cancelled for the day.Paul From TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287729574126169542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74440230161410742472010-02-13T14:26:18.396-06:002010-02-13T14:26:18.396-06:00Now, sunny, why in the world would TDCJ do somethi...Now, sunny, why in the world would TDCJ do something that has "common Sense" written all over it?outlawprincessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54547741098432639792010-02-13T13:07:03.836-06:002010-02-13T13:07:03.836-06:00It would make less work for TDCJ in the long run i...It would make less work for TDCJ in the long run if they just published a legitimate and open list of books that they will not allow that the public can refer to BEFORE they pay for and have a book sent to an inmate.sunray's wenchhttp://www.helium.com/items/1310875-help-and-advice-for-relatives-of-prisonersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1364373219641118342010-02-12T13:54:06.740-06:002010-02-12T13:54:06.740-06:00Rule to thumb in the corrections business: when w...Rule to thumb in the corrections business: when we're in a recession, period of high employment, people scared for their jobs, corrections vacancies are easy to fill. It's in good economic times when all these vacancies occur. I've been watching it for 35 years and that's the way it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com