tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5130028642959024133..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Feds sue Youth Commission over Evins unit; Proposed agreed order would affect every TYC facilityGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50406134090759009392008-02-15T19:21:00.000-06:002008-02-15T19:21:00.000-06:00No, you friggin idiot. Chupie along with the other...No, you friggin idiot. Chupie along with the other haters down here wanted a mexican to run evins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48586285172885875742008-02-10T12:44:00.000-06:002008-02-10T12:44:00.000-06:00You people really can't be that stupid to think th...You people really can't be that stupid to think that the whole TYC reform effort was about Hinojosa being mad b/c a Latino wasn't made head of the agency. I would laugh out loud if I wasn't floored by your ignorance. I just hope you're not sharing your "thoughts" with anyone around you. Some poor fool who's stupider than you are might actually believe that what you say has some merit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25304356785074984712008-02-08T15:56:00.000-06:002008-02-08T15:56:00.000-06:00Does anyone know if TDCJ seems to be doing any ret...Does anyone know if TDCJ seems to be doing any retro-fitting yet of the building in Marlin? TDCJ promised TYC employees who crossed over that they were guaranteed a position at the Marlin unit after it was converted. The target date for that conversion was March 2008, I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1564434552705509422008-02-08T10:03:00.000-06:002008-02-08T10:03:00.000-06:00RE-OPEN THE ORIENTATION UNIT IN MARLIN SINCE TDCJ ...RE-OPEN THE ORIENTATION UNIT IN MARLIN SINCE TDCJ SUPPOSEDLY WANT BE USING IT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MIX ORIENTATION YOUTH WITH STATE SCHOOL YOUTH THE YOUTH AT MART STATE SCHOOL ARE MIXED IN WITH THE 1O-13YRS OLD ORIENTATION YOUTH WHICH IS NOT VERY SAFE FOR NEW YOUTH THAT DON'T KNOW THE SYSTEM THE LEGE NEED TO PUT SOMEBODY IN CHARGE OF THAT UNIT THAT KNOWS HOW ORIENTATION IS SUPPOSE TO WORK RIGHT NOW MART IS A VERY UNSAFE UNIT FOR STAFF AND YOUTH THAT'S MART I & IIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67301554862583732732008-02-07T08:40:00.000-06:002008-02-07T08:40:00.000-06:00This is the only way anything happens regarding re...This is the only way anything happens regarding reforms and criminal justice in Texas. I hope it works. The state has got to realize you cannot ask people to work such stressful jobs for poverty level money.<BR/><BR/>the person that posted that had it right. short staffed, those that are there working crazy hours just to keep coverage in the 1/20 range. <BR/><BR/>and Ms. Pope needed new furniture. i'da traded that for a part-time employee in a heart beat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35835575857111950842008-02-06T19:22:00.000-06:002008-02-06T19:22:00.000-06:00You're right. Hinojosa's a lawyer. He does not giv...You're right. Hinojosa's a lawyer. He does not give a shit about boys being screwed in West Texas. That kind of thing happens in the Valley everyday, especially in Mission with BoyScouts so he's not really bothered by it. They just keep quiet about it for the most part. For him, it was just a case of git back with Central Office in Austin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6053410223832388202008-02-06T16:11:00.000-06:002008-02-06T16:11:00.000-06:00As it has been said before. This whole thing has a...As it has been said before. This whole thing has always been about Evins. Pyote just gave Hinojosa an edge to finally get Dwight back for not hiring hispanics. Look at it now. They're on their second one and things are worse than before. Instead of doing their jobs, they blame administration. Pena says things are better, but that's a friggin joke. Bob fired some slackers and they complained to Pena. He and Chewy got together and lied up a storm with their so called friend/buddy Frank Villa. What a joke. Pena and Chewy are just covering for their gente. Democrats call this the spoils system and it lives well in the RGV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56004818619844291622008-02-06T08:39:00.000-06:002008-02-06T08:39:00.000-06:00Thanks, 10:47. I put something up today. I've not ...Thanks, 10:47. I put something up today. I've not been as focused on the blog the last week or so and stuff's piling up.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87298298995801088372008-02-06T05:38:00.000-06:002008-02-06T05:38:00.000-06:0010:11 p.m. No one mentioned race in their comments...10:11 p.m. No one mentioned race in their comments. Get a life. From what I've read in the MSM there is rampant corruption by elected officials and police in most of South Texas. I believe you even had one offical carry a gun in an airport and he got away with it. That you are located in South Texas has nothing to do with it. Dirty politics is not restricted to South Texas. Don't read between the lines and assume things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37049041990754683352008-02-06T05:25:00.000-06:002008-02-06T05:25:00.000-06:0010:11 p.m., talk about being bitter?10:11 p.m., talk about being bitter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78933768307614426992008-02-05T22:47:00.000-06:002008-02-05T22:47:00.000-06:00Grits,Why no mention of the House Appropriations H...Grits,<BR/>Why no mention of the House Appropriations Hearing Wednesday at noon? I think your readers would be interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60735099634035417912008-02-05T22:11:00.000-06:002008-02-05T22:11:00.000-06:00I hope the last few commenters on this blog aren't...I hope the last few commenters on this blog aren't TYC employees, because I'd hate to think that such ignorant and bigoted people receive their salaries from taxpayers. It's even more sad that they may work directly with minority children who come from "Third World" conditions. <BR/><BR/>Which legislator, commenter at 9:30, was sweeping Evins' problems under the rug? Was it Pena, or was it Hinojosa? Because both those legislators complained about Evins many times to elected officials and to the press. Legislators had also made surprise visits to Evins to check on its chaotic conditions. It was always on the radar. <BR/><BR/>It sounds like you're bitter that all the sexual abuses and lying taking place in multiple TYC facilities wasn't covered up longer. It's pathetic that you're minimizing the abuses that kids and employees had to deal with so you can lie about how Evins got off "easy." Or maybe you've accepted rumors you've heard from equally bitter and racist people, and you were willing to believe them because you're angry and look down on people from South Texas anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30772702368661512802008-02-05T21:15:00.000-06:002008-02-05T21:15:00.000-06:00This is the only way anything happens regarding re...This is the only way anything happens regarding reforms and criminal justice in Texas. I hope it works. The state has got to realize you cannot ask people to work such stressful jobs for poverty level money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7404331394188768052008-02-05T21:09:00.000-06:002008-02-05T21:09:00.000-06:00Is it a coincidence that the judge and the senator...Is it a coincidence that the judge and the senator have the same last name? Does this happen south of San Antonio also??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42653361318752640812008-02-05T20:49:00.000-06:002008-02-05T20:49:00.000-06:00Everything south of San Antonio is third world, IM...Everything south of San Antonio is third world, IMO. What do you expect?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86944319516485631862008-02-05T20:30:00.000-06:002008-02-05T20:30:00.000-06:00Did someone say Morales vs Turman? The lawsuit tha...Did someone say Morales vs Turman? The lawsuit that prohibited the use of pepper spray and uniforms in TYC? It affected all TYC facilities and it didn't make a difference to Pope, she failed to comply and now look at the mess we are going to clean up??<BR/><BR/>Evins has always been problem facility. The events there have been swept under the carpet by a legislator with an interest in keeping jobs for his constituents in Edinberg. It would have blown wide open much earlier but the sex<BR/>scandal took the spotlight off them. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully this lawsuit will bring about the changes that are needed to reform TYC. But money is still the bottom line, unless the lege funds TYC with enough money to implement changes for both youth and employees, it will not happen!! We'll get another Pope who won't comply with court order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91267400736112694272008-02-05T20:10:00.000-06:002008-02-05T20:10:00.000-06:00Director Sought for National Center for Juvenile J...Director Sought for National Center for Juvenile Justice <BR/>Breaking News (just don't let our Conservator know about this. Imagine his response when he realizes there is a position that can have great influence on juveniles, pays well and does not have Whitmire)<BR/><BR/>The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges has issued a position announcement for the Director of its National Center for Juvenile Justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65950780408477272722008-02-05T19:54:00.000-06:002008-02-05T19:54:00.000-06:00Bill B: you may be in the best position to addres...Bill B: you may be in the best position to address the issue raised by 6:52. Most of us who work in facilities wonder what happens to kids when they go back to the exact same environment they left: i.e., drugs, gangs, family criminal activity, sexual abuse etc. At Evins, in many cases, they never even get to leave it except for the time at Mart Orientation. Even when not directly related, staff have family living in the area who can be targeted for retaliation.<BR/>I am not suggesting smaller, regional facilities may not have a place, even a dominant place in future thinking, just that a very serious, close look needs to be taken. While you are at it, consider where you put the girls and the kids from West of I-35. In either case, failure to put them as close to home as a small facility in Harris County could put them to Houston sounds like discrimination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10356059497123123332008-02-05T18:52:00.000-06:002008-02-05T18:52:00.000-06:00Close Evans!!!!!!!! most ofthe Staff at Evans are ...Close Evans!!!!!!!! most ofthe Staff at Evans are related to the Inmates ,,,They need to remove the Unit and put the Youth in a Safer Place.....The Unit has always been corrupt and needs to close down ....This is not the First time Evans has been in the News but it needs to be the last time...<BR/>Close the Doors !!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10095936705305259602008-02-05T17:12:00.000-06:002008-02-05T17:12:00.000-06:00Good luck finding long term Case Managers who will...Good luck finding long term Case Managers who will stay around and work long enough to get good at what they are asked to do. The pay incentive was pulled today. No more raises spread out over seven years to keep them from looking for jobs elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86635942522489975012008-02-05T12:37:00.000-06:002008-02-05T12:37:00.000-06:00to 10:38 amTDCJ? Who said anything about THEM cha...to 10:38 am<BR/><BR/>TDCJ? Who said anything about THEM changing? Wishful thinking.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902834245861000386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55899568048422341362008-02-05T12:31:00.000-06:002008-02-05T12:31:00.000-06:00let's light a candle that she is and taking her cr...let's light a candle that she is and taking her cronies with her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6456126381208456842008-02-05T12:27:00.000-06:002008-02-05T12:27:00.000-06:00Major news, Grits... I agree with your assessment ...Major news, Grits... I agree with your assessment that it gives Nedelkoff more space to move forward, esp with his stated goal of going to smaller, regionally located programs. Will be interesting to see what happens.<BR/><BR/>Bill B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80007421811517161662008-02-05T11:26:00.000-06:002008-02-05T11:26:00.000-06:00Ms. Pope may be packing up her office right now! ...Ms. Pope may be packing up her office right now! Stay tuned for more news as the day progresses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34294350860693706682008-02-05T10:43:00.000-06:002008-02-05T10:43:00.000-06:00A number of changes are coming to TYC. Since TYC ...A number of changes are coming to TYC. Since TYC cannot hire enough staff to comply with the court order contract care is the only option left. Also I think you will see more youth being handled at the county level which would take only minor adjustment to current law. TYC has been a corrupt and immorally run state agency for many years and the wrong doing of the agency administration has caught with it. I hope only the best for the good people who have been at TYC. I hope the youth are better served by TYC in the future with worthwhile programming that meets the needs of the individual youth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com