tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3386495142877355817..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: DOJ should intervene in Harris Co. bail litigation, and other brief notesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83281747528066959732016-09-06T17:03:03.256-05:002016-09-06T17:03:03.256-05:00Just few weeks ago I saw a comment about Dr. Ekpen...Just few weeks ago I saw a comment about Dr. Ekpen Temple, someone talking about how he has help him in his relationship break up, I also contacted him because i was facing the same problem in my relationship, today i can boldly recommend Dr. Ekpen Temple to someone who is also facing break up in his or her relationship to contact him for help today because he has help me restore my relationship back to normal, here is he contact details (ekpentemple@gmail.com) or 2347050270218 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01314344340595882285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73769495245003966062016-09-02T18:06:16.821-05:002016-09-02T18:06:16.821-05:00Until TDCJ is forced to release the several thousa...Until TDCJ is forced to release the several thousand invalids it is "guarding" at taxpayer expense this ridiculous jobs program will continue and wasteful prisons will remain open even if they are mostly empty.<br /><br />The real issue here is NOT crime prevention but rather JOBS-JOBS-JOBS.<br /><br />They aren't good jobs either despite the looney politicians that pound their chest as they proudly point to a guard watching several inmates try to mop a floor.<br /><br />This is not increasing America's competitiveness in the international marketplace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36104499381181207802016-08-27T15:51:56.275-05:002016-08-27T15:51:56.275-05:00In YR 2015, surety bondsmen posted 19,376 felony b...In YR 2015, surety bondsmen posted 19,376 felony bonds with sum cash value= $314.2M. Applying the standard 10% fee, estimated total fees =$31.4M. paid penalties= $1.2M (3.3% of collected fees). Penalty fees paid by bondsmen rarely corresponds to the full cash collateral set by the bond schedule. This is because the law allows a favorable grace period set by the District Attorney’s Bond Forfeiture Division. Factors assessing penalties include court costs, cost of apprehension by law enforcement and days lapsed between date forfeiture filed and date returned to jurisdiction. In YR 2015 the District Clerk reported 1,393 surety felony bond forfeitures were processed. The report did not indicate the sum value of forfeited bonds. The total paid penalty ($1M) constituted 3.3% of bondsmen’s est. collected fees ($31.4M). The HCDC reported the average set value of felony posted surety bond was $16,215; the average paid penalty of 1,393 forfeited surety felony bonds- $739- is obviously lower than average posted surety felony bond. Felony bonds are highly profitable. Of every dollar collected in bondsmen’s fees, less than 4 cents is paid in penalties. In regards to misdemeanor surety bonds, of every dollar collected in fees bondsmen pay 20 cents in penalties. Overall, combined misdemeanor and felony fees total exceed $41M; of every dollar collected by bondsmen, the county is paid 7cents in forfeiture penalties. According to HCDC, in YRS 2012-2015, bondsmen posted $1.5 billion in surety bonds and collected $148M in fees. <br />Meanwhile, as Harris County’s wealth-based detention policy fill bondsmen’s coffers with millions in profits, bondsmen continue making the bogus arguments of providing superior client supervision and saving taxpayer’s money; both claims refuted by empirical evidence (see Project Orange Jumpsuit). Meanwhile, thousands of indigent defendants predominately people of color charged with low level crimes pay the highest price: massive pretrial and post case disposition incarceration and lifetime conviction stigma upon prison release. It is noteworthy that POJ found that $500 and $2000 bond misdemeanor defendants are detained an average of 9 days from date charged to date of case disposition. Taxpayer cost: $800 per inmate booking, plus 9 X $75 per day ($675+$800= $1,475). The average detention cost alone-- $2,000 felony bond-- exceeds $2000.<br />Gerald R. Wheeler Ph.D. Project Orange JumpsuitAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814252807301189728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83553054974605207462016-08-26T17:42:43.426-05:002016-08-26T17:42:43.426-05:00Regarding #5 Harris County computer system, it'...Regarding #5 Harris County computer system, it's called JIMS, a 1970's technology computer system that still uses CRT screens. The blame falls squarely on the shoulders of Harris County IT Department and Commissioners Court. They simply refuse to scrap it and come into the new millennium. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80654364774544692762016-08-26T16:42:44.102-05:002016-08-26T16:42:44.102-05:00A true Department of Justice would follow the Orga...A true Department of Justice would follow the Organic Laws. People put in Prison or jail just to benefit themselves is a crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com