tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post204648511302256639..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: New TDCJ visitation/mail policies punitive and arbitraryGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30928445435911462402020-02-16T17:43:46.424-06:002020-02-16T17:43:46.424-06:00They should have the guards searched and sniffed b...They should have the guards searched and sniffed by the dogs as they go in to work. Like it's done to the visitor thats coming to see there son ,brother, dad. What's good for one should be good for all. The crooked guards and the prisoners then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40946465692403784752020-02-12T02:30:28.339-06:002020-02-12T02:30:28.339-06:00They are banning them to avoid contraband coming I...They are banning them to avoid contraband coming IN. not one inmate is buying a greeting card in prison to get contraband OUT. So i can pretty much guarantee that wont happen. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71603934922119273662020-02-12T02:25:52.783-06:002020-02-12T02:25:52.783-06:00Was an inmate at Lynchner Unit (TDC) side and they...Was an inmate at Lynchner Unit (TDC) side and they strip search everyone after a visit. Same thing at Bartlett State Jail, I was on the (SJ). In fact while at Lynchner pretty frequently, as we would come out of the chow halls, in the very middle pf the unit, would "randomly" tell you to "get out of em" and would ha e to strip down completely naked. However staff and guards, clerical ladies, school teachers are just walking by. Open your mouth, lift your testicals, even bending over and well you get it. Just my experience. At Holliday my intake Unit, I wasnt able to get visits as no new inmates can while there, so cant speak on their search policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34701375358304108732020-02-06T16:27:14.077-06:002020-02-06T16:27:14.077-06:00Absurd. What I want to know is are they going to b...Absurd. What I want to know is are they going to ban inmates from <b>sending</b> greeting cards? One of their biggest sellers on commissary, besides stamps, is greeting cards.Demidoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788176923089765710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11780362170846407702020-02-02T12:04:39.957-06:002020-02-02T12:04:39.957-06:00Why video visits at Michael Unit but not Coffield?...Why video visits at Michael Unit but not Coffield? Coffield's non-contact area could easily be converted to video visit booths, and ease the waiting times for people wanting to visit in the afternoons. sunrays wenchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17197551980165183602020-01-31T18:57:33.653-06:002020-01-31T18:57:33.653-06:00So when will video vistitation begin at the Travis...So when will video vistitation begin at the Travis Unit??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43582874120396851522020-01-31T07:41:43.034-06:002020-01-31T07:41:43.034-06:00I’m concerned that we have no way to appeal if the...I’m concerned that we have no way to appeal if they take visitation away. Are they going to rotate these dogs out between units or do I have to worry about the same set of dogs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49906559203593369312020-01-31T06:43:40.975-06:002020-01-31T06:43:40.975-06:00@8:24, if the inmate is strip searched post-visita...@8:24, if the inmate is strip searched post-visitation, there is absolutely zero need for the drug-dog sniff of visitors. The drugs aren't getting in that way unless guards are corrupt.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5687441840503528012020-01-30T16:22:40.286-06:002020-01-30T16:22:40.286-06:00What about putting money on an inmates account thr...What about putting money on an inmates account through the Jpay system? Will TDCJ give out email addresses or make it scan our id's like a credit card? Otherwise people can change the name on the profile to reflect someone on their visitation list.<br /><br />As far as drug dogs, I work for ride shares (Lyft/Uber). I have people get in my car that smell like they have been smoking pot all day. I would have to have my car detailed every weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7754002643136641692020-01-29T08:24:13.332-06:002020-01-29T08:24:13.332-06:00FYI, TDCJ does strip search each inmate in & o...FYI, TDCJ does strip search each inmate in & out of visitation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31818429885086886842020-01-28T23:53:23.039-06:002020-01-28T23:53:23.039-06:00Few months back when I went to Allred a dog hit o...Few months back when I went to Allred a dog hit on my car. Sat in the floor in front seat. I'm a smoker the dog hit on my ash tray cup,cigarettes. I'm worried now if the dog will hit on that. If so I'm screwed until, I can afford to detail my SUV! I see some of these rules ridiculous! we have chargers, cells phones, these are all contraband that the dogs are trained to sniff out. I can tell you the guys have said in the last few days. Our visits make us keep our cool so we dont go off on these crooked laws. There's talks of riots. Tdcj is only making things worse by attacking their loved ones. Prison is about to get real ugly thanks lori Davis and her minions. <br />Ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216344444815540517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77287223974422315562020-01-28T12:59:23.738-06:002020-01-28T12:59:23.738-06:00The decision meeting went like this: "What ar...The decision meeting went like this: "What are the best ways to make sure prisoners fail after release or mess up inside and get more time? That way we make more money." Take away family ties. Take away face to face visits. Get the cheap drug dogs that won't work well and make sure we don't train their handlers. Oh and don't let inmates have anything their kids made (but let a guard wave it around as an insult). "Okay, great ideas. How do we spin it?" Ummm, let's tell people drugs are bad and we're pro-family. <br /><b>These policies are disgusting at best and infringe upon civilian rights.</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14206003884728815822020-01-28T11:10:03.273-06:002020-01-28T11:10:03.273-06:00Probably every visitor can't buy a brand new c...Probably every visitor can't buy a brand new car every visit. I never buy new cars being a waste of money. I have no idea what was in the car from the former owner. And yes, I clean the whee out of a vehicle but that doesn't mean some place in it doesn't have residue. <br /><br />I can tell you for a fact my clothes I get back from the cleaners have residue of at least pot on them when I pick them up. Plus I buy clothes off the shelf so I could have never worn clothes with residue, and possibly a brand new car with residue. Does every family need to get a drug dog that is reliable? What if you clean a car to the best of your ability but it still has a smell? <br /><br />The whole drug sniffing dog thing is ridiculous since a dog will "alert" with the a sign no one but the dog and handler know. <br /><br />From the people I've known that have been guards, that has to be the greatest source of drugs in prison since I know of some that have been caught smuggling into prison. Oil Leasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232414798561785883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89007715895975432522020-01-28T06:27:24.449-06:002020-01-28T06:27:24.449-06:00I was surprised to hear that under UPDATE the name...I was surprised to hear that under UPDATE the name Keri Blakinger. I HOPE that she is a lot better at getting and giving information regarding TDJC, than writing a news article regarding a "Death Row" case which was changed to "Life", without interviewing the person whom the article she was writing about. With the excuse that she couldn't find any family members, but the person has been under TDJC control for over 30 years but she didn't take the time to interview him. You can refer to her "IRRESPONSIBLE AND CARELESS" article and my response on ArthurLeeWilliamsII736.com. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11044690233867452235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15692378431741292272020-01-27T14:50:06.001-06:002020-01-27T14:50:06.001-06:00@Tracie, in this case, those "few" are a...@Tracie, in this case, those "few" are all TDCJ bureaucrats.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73085249747579185192020-01-27T13:48:01.401-06:002020-01-27T13:48:01.401-06:00I guarantee they won't keep statistics on fals...I guarantee they won't keep statistics on false positives with the dogs. That would just confirm what is well known, that the dogs are not reliable. As you said, they are no more reliable than a coin flip, especially when used at random. There are studies that confirm that. So, you are going to be denying someone visitation essentially at random. Unfortunately, the federal courts have ignored the unreliability of these dogs and permitted them to be used to establish probable cause in traffic stops. These decisions are nothing more than fear by judges because they don't want to appear to be soft on drug dealers or to be hindering the war on drugs. I suspect one argument TDCJ will use is that they may not have drugs in their possession, the dogs are detecting "residue." That argument has been used by officers to explain/deny false positives on traffic stops. That's a bogus arguments. There are studies to show that when used at random on the general population, these dogs are no better than, as you said grits, a coin flip. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70104616880106232752020-01-27T12:46:31.120-06:002020-01-27T12:46:31.120-06:00WOW. It's just really sad about the greeting c...WOW. It's just really sad about the greeting cards and the sticker's. It was a rehabilitation process I thought. It only takes a few to screw things up for everyone 🤔Traciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480898283610165298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31648564715529180212020-01-27T11:47:18.776-06:002020-01-27T11:47:18.776-06:00I really hope that video visitation will be availa...I really hope that video visitation will be available from your home because I am a low-income disabled person who lives almost 2,000 miles away from my fiance and I cannot travel do to my illnesses and disability please have video visitation from your computer or phone.Rsbabygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966812188697919514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80218372864207628202020-01-27T11:26:39.399-06:002020-01-27T11:26:39.399-06:00Appalling but not unexpected. It's always the...Appalling but not unexpected. It's always the families and never the officers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6881215437323581562020-01-27T09:02:33.513-06:002020-01-27T09:02:33.513-06:00Good point. I didn't address that just out of ...Good point. I didn't address that just out of space but agree it's a problem. The last time I put $$ in a commissary account, I wasn't on the person's call list.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12143268764668130012020-01-27T08:53:02.898-06:002020-01-27T08:53:02.898-06:00Scott,
Another significant change coming as part o...Scott,<br />Another significant change coming as part of this initiative is limiting who may deposit money to an offenders trust fund account. Effective march 1 only persons on the offenders visitor or phone list may deposit monies. I know a lot of attorneys that from time to time send a former client a little money to get by on. Also, a good number of death sentenced offenders have peen pals from all over the world who send them money for commissary. No mas!Frank A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05736575980257760355noreply@blogger.com