tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post663741363964891394..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Real de-incarceration talk, and other storiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-76505313931028933562016-02-11T08:34:06.125-06:002016-02-11T08:34:06.125-06:00What a breath of fresh air at the Corrections Comm...What a breath of fresh air at the Corrections Committee yesterday. Chairman Murphy and the entire committee were engaged and supportive of ideas that would reduce recidivism and improve reentry. There were representatives of TDCJ, Windham Schools, Texas Board of Pardons, LBB, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, Goodwill, Prison Entrepreneurship Program, Center for Effective Justice, TPPF and several private parties all offering testimony encouraging these initiative. Really solid input.<br /><br />Texas has a prison population 35% higher the average of the rest of country and this wastes over a $1.0 billion a year, harms society, does not reduce crime and obviously draws resources from other more valuable programs (education?). Reducing some of the severe minimum sentences and strengthening reentry will go a long way to reducing re-offending and helping people rebuild their lives. Peter.Maranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924114119666143790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45027572799037092122016-02-10T19:12:12.720-06:002016-02-10T19:12:12.720-06:00Some of those pregnant women are substance abusers...Some of those pregnant women are substance abusers, and for the protection of their baby, jail is the best place for them.<br /><br />No county, wants to pick up the hospital tab of a delivery, and I would guess most actively try to get them out as fast as they come inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com