tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8218033657437518700..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Déjà vu at TJJD: 2007 all over again?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7566183319882483682012-05-06T16:43:26.402-05:002012-05-06T16:43:26.402-05:00Reports never filed ,I'm thinking they have on...Reports never filed ,I'm thinking they have one switch board ,Texas youth,juvenile justice ,there reports are filed in trash ,then when people get that upset they only have federal and oig to get anything done ,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91062341204282880292012-05-04T22:18:47.478-05:002012-05-04T22:18:47.478-05:00Deja Poo:
The feeling you get when you think you&...Deja Poo:<br /><br />The feeling you get when you think you've heard this crap before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50081550363303863382012-05-03T22:55:10.968-05:002012-05-03T22:55:10.968-05:00People talk about Stan if he was innocent. There w...People talk about Stan if he was innocent. There were and are many crooks and criminals working for Giddings and he was one of them. He covered what he wanted to, looked out for who he wanted, and lied to those and for those he needed to. If he turned his head to the drama that was going on his own campus regarding staff (i.e. people sleeping with everyone, have more than one "baby momma or daddy" on campus, staff threatening others and no repercussions for the threatening staff, etc), what makes people think he is going to focus on the kids.The only reason he began talking was because he was being disciplined. When you do people wrong, the same thing happens to you and then magically you want to tell what you know. The question really is, how long have you been holding on to the information that you are now telling. Stan was not only walked off for telling, there was an anonymous letter sent to central office by a working staff complaining of the conditions of safety, discrimination (racial and gender)towards youth and staff, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78587034474343925292012-05-01T01:00:03.471-05:002012-05-01T01:00:03.471-05:00I told Stan D. months ago that the best thing he c...I told Stan D. months ago that the best thing he could do would be to call a campus wide meeting and begin it by thanking everyone for attending... then to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP and let the rank-and-file have their say at the podium, without interruption. Give them each 3-5 minutes, who ever had something to say, and take notes.<br /><br />"GREAT IDEA", he said. "WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT"... but it never happened. He knew last year the dorms were out of ratio compliance. He knew morale was in the toilet. He knew staff weren't doing their jobs and the kids were out of control. And what happened to him? He got fired for "speaking up" about these conditions -- in MARCH?? Whoa!! <br /><br />Whoever is picked to eventually lead TJJD out of the mess its been in, and continues to be in, needs to BE SURE to solicit feedback from the JCO's who actually are working in the dorms -- NOT the supervisors who hide out and do nothing, and not their cronies who do nothing but slap each other on the back, convincing each other they're all doing a GREAT JOB.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79579282678008573782012-04-30T21:21:48.303-05:002012-04-30T21:21:48.303-05:00Something’s never change
Gatesville --> Gidding...Something’s never change<br />Gatesville --> Giddings<br />tyc + null --> tjjd<br /><br />Culture dynamics don’t change much in animals how silly to think it could change at tyc. It’s the cycle, and it keeps repeating itself. As Albert Einstein said how foolish to keep doing the same thing and expect different results. <br />I was thinking about a previous captain of the ship, a man named Robert N Winship who professed what some today would call the, hug a thug mentality. He ended corporal punishment and introduced a merit based reward system. This was in direct competition over the old ways Winship was brought in to clean up. There was tremendous uproar from entrench staff and locals about how disrespectful the boys have become because of Winship management style. There were some who wanted to manage the institution according to Winships more modern methodology while the old guard knew how to work “The Juice” to control the culture. And as with this type of governmental agency conflict this one drew public attention. At issue there were no consequences for the boy’s bad behavior.<br />Note to leg every employee at the institution needs to be on the same page with practice methodology to keep things happy and out of public attention. <br />It was total mayhem and the governor got involved. You tyc people know that’s generally not a good thing. The staff couldn’t control the kids without The Juice. There were Mexican boys who were whistling at white ladies, hundreds of escapes, and a group of Negro boys sodomized a mule according to local reports. It all became a moot point when on Sept 4, 1944 the Dallas Morning News reports of Winship’s death in a car crash. He was replaced by a man named Ed Blair, aka Beat’em-up-Blair. The institution was back on The Juice and all became quit on the public front, for a while.<br />According to an old timer who knew the kid who worked on Winship’s car it wasn’t an accident. Ledged has it that he is the dorm man over the boys who are still there. The boys murdered by The Juice practitioners, whose ghost comforts the women who are housed in that cursed valley today. <br />The tyc culture has been around longer than anyone on this planet. Not even Judge Justices, obm, could abolish it. The Juice is a powerful force in the human condition that controls the institutions that house people society deems to be an animal in need of breaking. The last stop when prescription drugs and silly games failed. The Juice produces staff who can work no place else and kids who view being locked up as a badge of honor. <br /> Shame you people who call yourself reforming tyc/tjjd or whatever it’s called, don’t know more about the agency’s history. Perhaps you wouldn’t keep doing the same damn thing and expecting different results.Sheldon tyc#47333https://www.blogger.com/profile/17236854879241753231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74399247271977439802012-04-30T21:19:22.210-05:002012-04-30T21:19:22.210-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sheldon tyc#47333https://www.blogger.com/profile/17236854879241753231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77301096258261179092012-04-30T20:00:14.907-05:002012-04-30T20:00:14.907-05:00Yes, let us keep them closer to home.... worked wi...Yes, let us keep them closer to home.... worked with many like this but....<br /><br />http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/04/fort-worth-man-faces-up-to-lif.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32232083412795398232012-04-30T14:23:31.811-05:002012-04-30T14:23:31.811-05:00The new agency will never succeed because all they...The new agency will never succeed because all they did was rename it and allow the cancer to grow. Now even chemo will not help it. The lege really needs to take a look at CO and all the double dippers that work there. Plus the salaries of the so called "administrators" and their staff. They could care less about the field or any problems the field has. Wake up Whitmire and Madden!! Who was policing the reforms set in place and ensuring things were running as mandated?? Shame on you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33473066910741301722012-04-30T08:50:04.328-05:002012-04-30T08:50:04.328-05:00Those who have run TYC for decades are now rising ...Those who have run TYC for decades are now rising up in indignation. They have been rewarded all these years by Stan and the others. They have gotten merit raises, promotions, etc. as befits their loyalty. Others, who were not so eager to defend the cabal, were run off. Look who still has the top positions at TYC, who reside in the state houses. <br /><br />This little group now sees its position threatened and they say: Stan, who always protected us, is now the good guy, he's now the reformer. He looked after us all these years! We have flown so high, they say, that even Whitmire didn't notice us. We deserve to continue the covert system that Stan and Lydia and Dwight built and maintained. We deserve it! We beg you to to let us continue to deceive you! Hear their self-righteous plea of this old cabal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35777787199719191152012-04-30T08:05:39.358-05:002012-04-30T08:05:39.358-05:00Heres how this will comedown. The " new"...Heres how this will comedown. The " new" executive director will hide behind the vail this being a new agency , that will confuse Madden, but the fact is she has had more than enough time to deal with major issues. <br />The current executive director of the " new" agency is the exact same person and her inner circle is the same people that have had time to make much needed change. They haven't before the merge and being dysfunctual was rewarded with being hired to head the new agency...so why change!<br /><br />Anyone who operates a facility knows that even the smallest problems have to be addressed swiftly because they quickly grow out of control. But then again out of control has been the accepted operational model. Well now there is a crack and a slim ray of light is allowing us to see how they operate.<br /><br />Everyone in the system knew what was going on and how bad it is. Many were amazed about these problems not being talked about during the selection process. Again remember she's not new, nor is her staff.<br /><br />Now the board that did what they were told to do, they made good on the promise they made to governors office, and it didn't work! It's time for them to step up and think of the kids bought and sold. Or a management team that thinks the way to improve is fire a person that answers a question honestly.... A question ask by one of thier own!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68305719939605733462012-04-30T06:44:29.789-05:002012-04-30T06:44:29.789-05:00We are a one stop shop - drive through window - pl...We are a one stop shop - drive through window - place your order - for these kids - the customer is always RIGHT and the staff are always wrong and this is the major crups for many issues. They are wined and dined beyond anything I ever experienced myself or for my own kids.. we give them what they want, as they want, order up, on their time line, when they are ready. Forget any consistencies, boundaries, or anything a child care profession would teach about what kids need with their backgrounds. It is conducive to the results we now have and the people in the field have spoken and complained about it for years now, if you are in the field, you hear it, see it, experience it, and know it. But, Central Office does not listen and as long as CO can remain in denial and pretend it doesn't exist, they will do nothing about any of it. You have to recognize and acknowledge that you have a problem before you can begin to solve it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84988396323246721772012-04-30T06:37:59.645-05:002012-04-30T06:37:59.645-05:00The fired superintendent from Giddings, hopefully ...The fired superintendent from Giddings, hopefully will have some degree of law on his side under what I think was called the Whistle Blower Laws, intended to protect people with this scenerio from the state or tyc/tjjd... whatever they want to call themselves today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80332856320056710052012-04-30T06:34:42.964-05:002012-04-30T06:34:42.964-05:00The matters at the Halfway Houses are not any diff...The matters at the Halfway Houses are not any different from the institutions, just larger scheme of issues at the institution. Continue to driving point, that as long as they don't know, don't acknowledge, a problem, it doesn't exist...period... even if they have to make the documents disappear so they can say it does not exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36474449176265827702012-04-29T22:35:02.072-05:002012-04-29T22:35:02.072-05:0010:35am
Yes lets give you more money to "DIVE...10:35am<br />Yes lets give you more money to "DIVERT" even more kids to tyc. How bout no more money tiil you produce something besisides bitching sessions and power games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52663550314959525942012-04-29T21:11:26.985-05:002012-04-29T21:11:26.985-05:00Hiding things, making then disapear is what Centra...Hiding things, making then disapear is what Central Office is all about - wasn't it the same thing over West Texas? Everything that got reported, disappered from Central Office records? Wasn't that why we now all have to have permission to shred things? Yet, things disapear still, all the time, and why is that? Because when nothing changes, nothing changes and the name change was a publicity stunt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-4320236664104008502012-04-29T21:07:15.279-05:002012-04-29T21:07:15.279-05:00Should have fired Townsend back when she gave the ...Should have fired Townsend back when she gave the top-ten executives at Central Office their fat raises prior to the first round of State Cuts. As a State agency, that should have never, ever been permitted when everyone in the field is told there is not merit money for a merit increase, regardless of exceeding satisfactory. People in this area are treated better in retail and don't have to put up with the violent environment. But, what she did then was no different from what they did in the banking industry, and I can't say that I ever really heard whether she ever did anything to undo what she did or did she just let it be - but visibly she is discrimubary toward her people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10766953453938108652012-04-29T20:55:50.225-05:002012-04-29T20:55:50.225-05:00The agency is still top heavy and plenty of people...The agency is still top heavy and plenty of people in the field know exactly what has been going on with the kids, blame connections, and what is said in the field, doesn't matter, isn't heard by Central Office, they don't want to hear it, we are all labeled as complainers for saying anything and/or fired. Townsend's agency letter to everyone/staff after the article in the Statesman is a perfect example of her and Central Office's position about this and many other issues, they don't have any evidence of such, not documented anywhere, therefore, it doesn't exist. Funny, back when all the issues came to investigated at West Texas, nothing was documented then either, because it got disposed of and/or trashed/shred/covered up, liqued papered, etc. Central Office has always been removed from what "really" goes on in the field, day to day and who knows whether anyone has the capacity to every really "make" that any different. A half day passing through "visit" is nothing and provides no over-site to what really goes on everyday, etc. etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16198960211027898882012-04-29T19:25:51.700-05:002012-04-29T19:25:51.700-05:00Lets be realistic. Stan has been a part of the pro...Lets be realistic. Stan has been a part of the problem for 32 plus years. He and TYC Austin have covered each other all these years. How do you think he has survived all this? If you know Stan, then you know the truth. Sherie is a dead beat but Stan is her long time friend. Just now bumped their heads together. Who will win in the game of lies and deception?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13464995209547946642012-04-29T16:58:28.455-05:002012-04-29T16:58:28.455-05:00The answer to this problem is real easy. Get rid o...The answer to this problem is real easy. Get rid of Townsend and her staff and replace them with non-tyc folks, reinstate Stan, keep the assistant directors and rift the TYC directors then apply their salary for more JCO staff in the field.<br /><br />Bottom line is, all that top heavy BS going on in CO is hurting the field. Who made that decision? Townsend. Get rid of her - please. I wonder if that stupid idiot even reads what's being said about her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70547997513963950162012-04-29T15:09:45.790-05:002012-04-29T15:09:45.790-05:00The allegations Stan D made are accurate. Exec st...The allegations Stan D made are accurate. Exec staff at TJJD were well aware of the non-compliance of the 12:1 ratio at Giddings. All Superintendents were given direction during a meeting held at the Exec Offices in Jan/Feb 2012 on counting case managers or whoever else not trained to count as part of their supervision numbers just to keep budget numbers down. Since they have done this, things have gotten much worse. If the Superintendents did not comply it would have been insubordination. Exec staff is well aware of the happenings at their facilities - they do actually cover it up. If the kids at those facilities knew they had a voice, they would probably be mailing Mike Ward letters directly. Stan D did the right thing, it was the only thing he could to protect those kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29052111800374476122012-04-29T10:57:23.438-05:002012-04-29T10:57:23.438-05:00TYC/TDJJ can work. The problem is, getting the pe...TYC/TDJJ can work. The problem is, getting the people in at the top that can make it work. What we see happen through the years is that the lege gets up in arms, jumps the administrators who keep making the bad decisions, then the crap rolls downhill and there is a housecleaning. The problem is, the people at the top who keep making bad decisions still remain. The major problem we have now is that corrections is in charge of the agency. They know nothing about educating and rehabilitating youth. Their approach is to always try and pound a square peg into a round hole, and it never works. If you want to rehabilitate youth, education is the only way, and those currently in charge don't have the first clue because they came from a corrections background. The best thing this agency ever did was to promote Amy Lopez to superintendent over all of education. However, she is always having to butt heads with the corrections hierarchy, and they fight her every inch of the way whenever she tries to change the status quo. You have to educate these kids to the best of their abilities, and this will give them a fighting chance to be productive citizens. It's the law! The people in charge at the agency can't seem to grasp this concept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83091904348681423222012-04-29T10:34:42.069-05:002012-04-29T10:34:42.069-05:00I don't see how the smaller counties can affor...I don't see how the smaller counties can afford the councelors and psychologists needed to provide the treatment that state facilities are large enough to afford.RASnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30473828932998999032012-04-28T22:35:52.501-05:002012-04-28T22:35:52.501-05:00The best thing is for counties to demand more div...The best thing is for counties to demand more diversion money, which will eventually come from the state facility budgets, then send no more there. Let the ones currently there serve their time out and slowly phase the facilities out as they release their remaining ones.Counties can then keep kids at home or a RTC that can truly serve these youth, not just warehouse them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8780776598395162212012-04-28T21:09:16.727-05:002012-04-28T21:09:16.727-05:00Why on earth would you think that? It's the sa...Why on earth would you think that? It's the same source of staff and now management is guaranteed to come form the same source, the same mind set, the same clic. If these kids are turned over to local control it will be a monumental task to undo the hierarchies that will come into existence.RASnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23900523395504702012012-04-28T18:35:24.791-05:002012-04-28T18:35:24.791-05:00From top to bottom, CO and Evins are as corrupt as...From top to bottom, CO and Evins are as corrupt as can be. DOJ and ACA are no longer of any concern to either set of administrative master minds and that includes safety of kids and staff. Rumor has it that Brooks is telling everyone that Evins will be closed soon and Lord knows, it's about time. Maybe the counties it was originally envisioned to serve can succeed where TYC/TJJD has failed so miserably.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com