tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3804337013712943261..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: A nostalgic look at corporal punishment and prison laborGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90475745197751633152007-09-03T22:31:00.000-05:002007-09-03T22:31:00.000-05:00I call bs. The gangs started because the BT's wer...I call bs. The gangs started because the BT's were shut down and there was a power void. It would behoove you to listen to Sonny Sessions as he was a Sherrif over 40 years, as was his dad and his grandpaw. His son is a Constable now also. The man is one of the most respected lEO's in the state of Texas, even retired he has more pull than 90% of the current Sherriffs in the state. He was one of the greatest men I ever worked for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77345827634878818722007-08-31T21:14:00.000-05:002007-08-31T21:14:00.000-05:00the use of inmates for security was called buildin...the use of inmates for security was called building tenders, and it was a brutal system enforced by beatings and worse. it was justifiably outlawed by william wayne justice. a nostalgic look? hmmph! Read the testimony in the ruiz cases from the '80's that brought much-needed change to tdc. think it will wipe out any nostalgia for those days. Fact is, the b.t. system was the cause that many prison gangs were started; i.e. texas syndicate and mexican mafia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45221674747935397252007-08-31T11:19:00.000-05:002007-08-31T11:19:00.000-05:00Hey Grits,The "use of other inmates for security" ...Hey Grits,<BR/><BR/>The "use of other inmates for security" was perfected under TDC director George Beto in the 1950s and 60s.<BR/><BR/>And guess who copied Beto's "control system"? TYC.<BR/><BR/>This was brought out in painful detail during the Morales case.<BR/><BR/>Bill BushAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com