tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3429706704871358719..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Louisiana: A rare state that looks enviously at Texas overincarcerationGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50179883330469545052012-05-22T14:49:54.818-05:002012-05-22T14:49:54.818-05:00Along with the Sheriff and the DA, please credit t...Along with the Sheriff and the DA, please credit the adult probation field, which has worked assiduously to lower felony technical revocations. The Harris County Adult Probation Department is capably led in this effort by Paul Becker, one of the more progressive chiefs in the state. The next legislative session will no doubt see another assault on funding for probation, which is actually saving money by keeping the prison population down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90801530337640582512012-05-22T11:33:50.412-05:002012-05-22T11:33:50.412-05:00The south has always led the way in oppressing its...The south has always led the way in oppressing its citizens. Blacks were slaves, Indian removal; poor whites could not vote but could die for the rich planter class. General Sherman, who by the way could have cared less about slavery, once asked why would poor whites, who own no slaves die in the thousands for the rich. The answer could have been they were brain washed or promise something. The same thing could be said today, why do poor whites vote for Republican’s, because they thump the bible, brain wash them, and promise them the Tuff on Crime protection, in reality, they end up in prison side by side with Blacks, Indians and Hispanics. Amazing! When will the poor people wake up and smell the you know what? Our founding fathers who were not perfect by no means, border line atheist, but none trusted too much government, would be rolling over in their graves at what our elected leaders are doing today. Land of the free, I don’t think so, we lock up more people than in Iran, Russia and China. Police state is here and one day all the poor people who are not in prison will at least have been touch, or burnt by the prison system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36372471620522579642012-05-21T14:58:27.811-05:002012-05-21T14:58:27.811-05:00Incarceration belt! LMAO. Seems like a competiti...Incarceration belt! LMAO. Seems like a competition among the Confederate kingdoms as to who can rape, sack and pillage the liberty of their taxpayers and trounce the Constitution the most. Seems the Feds have written off the South.<br /><br />In reality we are all officially committed. The police, prosecutors and judges are actually doctors testing our response to organized injustice. We the patients refuse to take organized action to defend ourselves in spite of the oppressive stimulus, vote and pay for this mistreatment. Thus we will remain committed here in these Confederate luny bins.Getacluenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61700599967779441292012-05-21T09:51:47.791-05:002012-05-21T09:51:47.791-05:00I have to wonder how much of Louisiana's incar...I have to wonder how much of Louisiana's incarceration woes are the result of dual sentences to probation and prison on the same charge at the same time. Several states have this very odd form of justice. I can just imagine what our incarceration numbers would look like if we followed this formula.A Texas POhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675916968621862855noreply@blogger.com