tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2700755297922436434..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ budget request: Nuther $141 million needed for prison healthcare next bienniumGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43062261510694292002012-11-15T08:44:36.857-06:002012-11-15T08:44:36.857-06:00"Restore the nursing staff" Wow would be..."Restore the nursing staff" Wow would be a miracle! They have cut medical staffing to the bone! No wonder they can't keep anyone or recruit. I'm now employed elsewhere and truly enjoy my job. Prison healthcare is a sinking ship and it's going to take a lot to plug up the whole. I was trying to hang on due to the benefits but had to leave finally they were working us to death and still are from what I hear from others still there! I actually feel like a nurse again and am helping people making a difference. I wish them all well who are still there hanging on by a thread. Glad I moved on.Nurseypoohnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68732549327317545722012-11-15T06:02:49.814-06:002012-11-15T06:02:49.814-06:00"Don't start thinking about tomorrow.&quo..."Don't start thinking about tomorrow." I hear they have the kids singing that song at the beginning of the school day. Something the teachers union came up with, I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51254188448841536222012-11-14T22:21:17.363-06:002012-11-14T22:21:17.363-06:00Texas doesn't go in for deficit spending (spen...Texas doesn't go in for deficit spending (spending more money than we have). I like the way the federal government does things-we just borrow from the Chinese and spend it. I say we should, like a drunken sailor on PCP, just blow all that borrowed money. Like the song says, "Don't start thinking about tomorrow."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14565072194532991862012-11-14T17:45:53.467-06:002012-11-14T17:45:53.467-06:00To both anonymous sounds like we have had contact ...To both anonymous sounds like we have had contact with some of the same people. Bottom line is the system does not care about our family members and they don't care if they die that will make room for a new one. I'm sick to death of DA's saying young people are a danger when they know absolutely nothing about the person, but let's lock them away for as long as possible and give them very little medical and mental health treatment as possible, even tho they have been under constant care since they were three years old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18827358623091682552012-11-14T17:35:04.514-06:002012-11-14T17:35:04.514-06:00Perhaps if they didn't give such long sentence...Perhaps if they didn't give such long sentences (compare ours with other modern countries, we win) and they wouldn't imprison everyone so the prosecuting attorneys would make points, this might not be such a big problem. I think they should take it out of the legislators pay, they might use the heads for a change!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58214471141730293862012-11-14T10:46:33.666-06:002012-11-14T10:46:33.666-06:00That is because the Parole Board do not even read ...That is because the Parole Board do not even read the files most of the time. They release based on how well their Geritol is working that day. They do not even release the people who have done well in prison. They will always figure out a way to release the bad actors first. This seems like a hidden agenda just asking for repeat offenders. The ones who behaves in prison is not release because they have sense enough to behave. They got to keep those beds full. They could careless about medical care for inmates. When family members pay the $100.00 fees, call down to the unit and asked why they cannot get their teeth clean and what you get is a tough talking woman that will tell you the inmate paidthe fee not the family member and there is nothing you can do to effect her job security. Well, that is what you hear from the Crain Unit. I cannot wait to see the next scheme the lawyers of the LEDGE comes up with to get out of another fine mess the parole board created by playing second time around judges and not obeying the current state laws concerning parole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29373668517460596292012-11-14T07:18:52.933-06:002012-11-14T07:18:52.933-06:00As long as the Parole Board denies parole to criti...As long as the Parole Board denies parole to critically ill ( amputees and blind inmates) they deem a "danger to society", namely sex offenders 70+ years old , the medical budget will keep breaking them.<br /> Helga Dill, TX CUREHelga Dill , TX CUREnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-66862066575711129922012-11-14T06:37:51.545-06:002012-11-14T06:37:51.545-06:00SW, IMO it's not too overstated. They now say ...SW, IMO it's not too overstated. They now say they're $132 million short in the current biennium; <a href="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/05/tdcj-going-california-prison-health.html" rel="nofollow">my own calculation was $126.5 million</a>. And the increase they're asking for to $141 million is lower than the rate of inflation for health services. So it's at least in the ballpark.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59924357533732149782012-11-14T00:21:04.731-06:002012-11-14T00:21:04.731-06:00And of course they haven't been able to squeez...And of course they haven't been able to squeeze any more out of the inmate families though the medical tax either. But as the predictions for that were hugely inflated, I do wonder if the figures in this latest request are also inflated simply because they know the Lege wont give them all of what they ask for?sunray's wenchhttp://lookingforthecabinbythelake.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13817216757284015172012-11-13T20:46:04.335-06:002012-11-13T20:46:04.335-06:00Everybody I know is afraid that nothing will happe...Everybody I know is afraid that nothing will happen, that the money won't be forthcoming. They can't parole people fast enough to solve the financial hickey. Healthcare must have more money; you can only get so much blood out of a turnip and this one is already squeezed mightily dry.Prison Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651611135066437902noreply@blogger.com