tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8386603778233072890..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: TYC Executive Director Job PostedGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64236857346332858492008-02-18T01:02:00.000-06:002008-02-18T01:02:00.000-06:00can anyone list currect caseworkers and pa's at ga...can anyone list currect caseworkers and pa's at gainesville??? i use to work there (95-99). i saw corruption before it acually hit the news. (Eddie Martinez, Britt Canary, Wayne Coats, Melissa Hallman and the hefty Paul Bartush)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54266452408426044462008-02-03T15:01:00.000-06:002008-02-03T15:01:00.000-06:00Did Will Harrell apply for the ED job?Did Will Harrell apply for the ED job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70724127907290788302008-02-02T18:48:00.000-06:002008-02-02T18:48:00.000-06:006:43...VFCA can top that!6:43...VFCA can top that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62885309368364623382008-02-01T06:43:00.000-06:002008-02-01T06:43:00.000-06:00You're going to have to top staying in security ne...You're going to have to top staying in security nearly their entire time at VFCA along with 400 225's for the little time they were out if you got worse kids than Gainesville did from VFCA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71908234435743980562008-01-31T22:13:00.000-06:002008-01-31T22:13:00.000-06:007:45 -- What are you referring to? I heard about ...7:45 -- What are you referring to? I heard about an incident in HR where the Director lost some applications. I heard that she left them in her car. Then someone broke in her car and took them.<BR/><BR/>If I were one of the applicants, I would be sueing TYC for anxiety of identity theft.<BR/><BR/>Is it true, 7:45, to what you are referring to on "losing applications"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45467471468938874782008-01-31T21:08:00.000-06:002008-01-31T21:08:00.000-06:009:01 Perfect timing, don't you think? Interview in...9:01 Perfect timing, don't you think? Interview in the morning, offer by noon, press release by 5 means we can all celebrate Friday night, but be back in time for the garage sale. So far I have a bid of $6 for the chair, and $11 for the rug. Just how much is Black Crown Vic worth these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81390349278756409212008-01-31T21:01:00.000-06:002008-01-31T21:01:00.000-06:00GRITS,Just checked and the posting is gone. Damn, ...GRITS,<BR/>Just checked and the posting is gone. Damn, I thought I had until tomorrow?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33243053825386297442008-01-31T20:56:00.000-06:002008-01-31T20:56:00.000-06:00I am curious folks at Mart 1. Are commitments down...I am curious folks at Mart 1. Are commitments down or just the same as they ever were?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12673699047338326802008-01-31T20:54:00.000-06:002008-01-31T20:54:00.000-06:00oh yeah i forgot, then they recommit within 3 mont...oh yeah i forgot, then they recommit within 3 months and come back as sentenced offenders and are sent to Giddings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87043871103602829992008-01-31T20:52:00.001-06:002008-01-31T20:52:00.001-06:00They just know the corruption at Mart II will allo...They just know the corruption at Mart II will allow them to become magically rehabilitated in time to be released at their minimums and with the last violent incident happening at least 31 days ago (and not because it didn't happen, the paperwork just disappears).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12940175991179354192008-01-31T20:52:00.000-06:002008-01-31T20:52:00.000-06:00This is another TDCJ technique. There are some inm...This is another TDCJ technique. There are some inmates who almost literally live on the white busses. They keep moving them around to keep them off balance. Welcome to TDCJjr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29842524108386667852008-01-31T18:49:00.000-06:002008-01-31T18:49:00.000-06:005:51...you may have gotten 7 from Victory Field, b...5:51...you may have gotten 7 from Victory Field, but trust me, you did NOT get the worst ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38095797925675714062008-01-31T17:51:00.000-06:002008-01-31T17:51:00.000-06:00Don't count on getting the ones from Gainesville. ...Don't count on getting the ones from Gainesville. We seem to keep our own and then inherit others as well so we know what you mean. We just got 7 of VFCA's worst also. Now we get to deal with them along with our own. Good luck to you guys. We're all going to need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90757873746065701362008-01-31T08:03:00.000-06:002008-01-31T08:03:00.000-06:00I'm glad Crockett is getting better. All campuses...I'm glad Crockett is getting better. All campuses should be getting better as all the chronic behaviors are being sent to Mart II. Yep, that is correct. In the last weeks we've gotten in about 50-70 new youth from Al Price, Corsicana, Victory Field,and Crockett. Today we are getting about 15 from Evins. I'm sure we will get the rioters from Gainesville next week. If you have a riot, you send your students to Mart II and that's how you fix it! For the last 2-3 yrs that is all Mart II has done. We are the clean-up facility. No different rules, no different anything and we are supposed to clean them up and send them home. Don't even get me started about educational records and master files on these youth. It is a nightmare!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7293421540852691812008-01-30T22:03:00.000-06:002008-01-30T22:03:00.000-06:00You people are so self-focused all you care about ...You people are so self-focused all you care about is your own little world. Grits has posted an excellent piece on kids of incarcerated adults and prevention and only 7 people have made a response. You TYC people only really care about yourselves. It is disgusting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43352016469781384272008-01-30T21:55:00.000-06:002008-01-30T21:55:00.000-06:00I see Freeman's folks are still hanging in there.I see Freeman's folks are still hanging in there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55600665424317756422008-01-30T20:23:00.000-06:002008-01-30T20:23:00.000-06:0012:42 - It is amazing what a difference a few week...12:42 - It is amazing what a difference a few weeks can make. We have a ways to go and some problems to fix but the kids are NOT in control and the staff are NOT scared to come to work anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34139375231939031732008-01-30T20:21:00.000-06:002008-01-30T20:21:00.000-06:00I have a few random comments that may not mean muc...I have a few random comments that may not mean much, but I want to say it anyway. <BR/>M. Davis is good for Crockett so far. I don't care whose good ole boy he was/is. He is supporting staff and not handing out icecream. <BR/>Marie was extremely rude and arrogant. No loss with her gone. She should have gone into politics - she'd be great. <BR/>Rebecca - I have only met her a few times but had the pleasure of attending a videoconference with her today. She was one of the few who was bold enough to point out the problems with the new "treatment program". I was very impressed with her and know some of her employees who say she is very fair and competent. Hey, that means a lot these days. I don't care what they say about her and the asst at CRTC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16632318622782742862008-01-30T16:19:00.000-06:002008-01-30T16:19:00.000-06:00Marie Murdoch??? What? She was as much an unmitiga...Marie Murdoch??? What? She was as much an unmitigated arrogant, rude and inappropriate person as Whitmire. She was definitely one of the biggest POS staff that TYC ever had. Glad she's gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86848639034964782152008-01-30T12:42:00.000-06:002008-01-30T12:42:00.000-06:00Correct me if I am wrong but "Good Ol Boys" are no...Correct me if I am wrong but "Good Ol Boys" are not fired or nearly fired because of a bomb threat as was the case at West Texas. It appears more like a personal issue with the poster. <BR/><BR/>Have not heard how Crockett is doing but I would say it is a safe bet that it's doing better today than last month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58267153448150604932008-01-30T09:53:00.000-06:002008-01-30T09:53:00.000-06:00Rebecca Thomas was a good Supt, when she was at AL...Rebecca Thomas was a good Supt, when she was at AL Price, she treated the staff good, morale was at an all time high after Hurricane Rita, but when she left and Fowler was appointed, things went down hill from there. However, I agree it is hard to beleive that they still have as many good employees left since Chuck Jones was appointedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15219838612577416492008-01-30T08:36:00.000-06:002008-01-30T08:36:00.000-06:00To 1/29 5:31 PMYep, Mike was part of the good ole ...To 1/29 5:31 PM<BR/><BR/>Yep, Mike was part of the good ole boys club...to some degree the but the good ole boys he was connected to are not part of TYC anymore (Steen and Robinson) so I don't see how he benefits. <BR/><BR/>Also, Mike is an ex-baylor linebacker who is too hard headed not to do things the way he believes they should be done. He used to annoy the hell out of Eddie Hernansez and Gaylon Garrison at BWD. <BR/><BR/>Mike, knows his stuff and is pretty straight forward. He also not as meglomaniacal as a former Supt. at Crockett. <BR/><BR/>Mike should be good for Crockett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72669306311903124792008-01-30T08:13:00.000-06:002008-01-30T08:13:00.000-06:00There is a good reason that large facility in Harr...There is a good reason that large facility in Harris County is empty. They cannot find people to staff it. Let's face it, TYC does not pay enough to compete in tight job markets, and the working conditions are horrible. Al Price has never worked because (a) it is in a tight job market, (b) it is poorly designed, (c) it is too big, and (d) ever since Marie Murdoch left, employees have been treated like crap. All that said, it is amazing to me how many really good employees do work there. Old SaltyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89496171720890698342008-01-29T23:29:00.000-06:002008-01-29T23:29:00.000-06:00I agree. No open bay dorms should hold more than ...I agree. No open bay dorms should hold more than 16 for security reasons. The new 12 would be fine, too. <BR/>For the highest risk youth, individual cells might work, but sooner or later they are going to have to deal with people around them without going off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43413254640387068152008-01-29T22:42:00.000-06:002008-01-29T22:42:00.000-06:007:52 Isn't the mandate of "best practices" to go ...7:52 Isn't the mandate of "best practices" to go smaller rather than larger? 'sides, with unmitigated arrogant, rude and inappropriate behavior Whitmire showed the Harris County rep at the hearings, who would want to work at a joint facility?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com