tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3614481567417340526..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Prominent committee chairmen leaving House criminal justice postsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44072762098922882882011-11-17T19:33:48.555-06:002011-11-17T19:33:48.555-06:00One of the agencies mr madden abolished was today ...One of the agencies mr madden abolished was today named one of the top places to work in Austin. The other is still covering and hiding broken jaws, beatings of youth on youth and youth on staff .... And as shocking as it may seem in light of their history, still some staff haven't got the message on dealing with the kids <br />Guess they won't be getting much recognition as a good and safe place to work! <br /><br />How do you run for president with this kind of abuse and stuff still going on .... Guess you keep hoping they never take a close look what you did as governor way back when the abuse was reported to you ...and what you've done since ! You folks in the soon to be back to being full time governors office might want to brush up on the Joe Paterno saga!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61336734620882538892011-11-15T12:51:04.611-06:002011-11-15T12:51:04.611-06:00Would like eventually to see the stats on the new ...Would like eventually to see the stats on the new $100 cost for inmates'families. May be some inmates that have that money themselves but most will have to rely on family. How many inmates are not going for medical care for not wanting to pay that cost? Has the state made money from it and is it helping with the UTMB/TDCJ negotiations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33968204650707974262011-11-15T11:32:19.245-06:002011-11-15T11:32:19.245-06:00SR...
You are right on your comment regarding the ...SR...<br />You are right on your comment regarding the point "sending a message."<br /><br />Yes the final bill applied to TDCJ inmates but in its inception many of the county jails thought they would be relieved of health care costs and were some of the biggest proponents of the bill...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24079131244056301352011-11-15T11:25:11.218-06:002011-11-15T11:25:11.218-06:00Anon 8.58 - The inmate medical tax is not levied o...Anon 8.58 - The inmate medical tax is not levied on county jail inmates, it is only applied to TDCJ inmates.<br /><br />I think for all that Madden could have done, for better or worse, he appears to have been a stabilising force within the Lege. Now that he's leaving, we may all wish to have back the devil we know, rather than those who want to "send a message" to the handful of people who might listen.sunray's wenchhttp://lookingforthecabinbythelake.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40062622227818621382011-11-15T09:55:11.785-06:002011-11-15T09:55:11.785-06:00Madden's not running for re-election. Wonder w...Madden's not running for re-election. Wonder why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16156807298135887722011-11-15T08:58:55.720-06:002011-11-15T08:58:55.720-06:00Anon 6:39, the TYC/TJPC merger... was that done to...Anon 6:39, the TYC/TJPC merger... was that done to save money or to fix a problem?<br /><br />Your counties are the folks who pushed for the healthcare bill for inmates. Counties built bigger jails to make more profit. Paying for healthcare cut into the profits so they pushed legislation to spread the costs to everyone in the state rather than directly to their respective local taxpayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51709636165897290722011-11-15T08:51:36.045-06:002011-11-15T08:51:36.045-06:00Column in the CrossTimbers Gazette says "Case...Column in the CrossTimbers Gazette says "Casey's Law" will be a priority next session. copycat to Florida. Unnecessary law to add to the multitude we already have. I don't always agree with Madden or Gallego but their experience did help on some of the issues last session.Texas Mavericknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48250930631684675922011-11-15T08:01:29.992-06:002011-11-15T08:01:29.992-06:00Isn't Madden the one that authored the bill pa...Isn't Madden the one that authored the bill passing healthcare costs on to inmate families - through the $100 fee deducted from the trust fund accounts, funded by families. I know he authored bills that were more favorable to criminal justice reform, but the healthcare bill was a huge step back in my eyes.aninmateswifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83842960623954805002011-11-15T06:39:52.677-06:002011-11-15T06:39:52.677-06:00I am not as convinced about their knowledge of pro...I am not as convinced about their knowledge of probation. Especially juvenile. They saved tons of money combining TJPC/TYC, but hardly any of the savings went to local departments. They might have just created a new super bureaucracy which will actually slow reform.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58150004355922441062011-11-15T06:00:27.887-06:002011-11-15T06:00:27.887-06:00Why not John Whitmire as well? When will that q ge...Why not John Whitmire as well? When will that q get the message?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83703140993993685452011-11-15T05:46:13.119-06:002011-11-15T05:46:13.119-06:00They should tinker w drug.free zones. Either
elim...They should tinker w drug.free zones. Either <br />eliminate it, or failing that, cut the mandatory<br />five down to two.<br /><br />That.could save quite a bit of money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77825452542420990552011-11-14T20:05:00.704-06:002011-11-14T20:05:00.704-06:00That will be a blow to the advances made in correc...That will be a blow to the advances made in corrections! You can bet that the replacements will be pushing privatization of corrections even further, expanding the market place of prison expansion as well as attempting to privatize the probation sector.<br /><br />GET READY TO GET EVEN TOUGHER ON CRIME AND THROW BILLIONS MORE OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY INTO PRIVATIZATION OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com