tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3612813580775150993..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Piloting parole: One ship, two captains, and a senator wants one of them to walk the plankGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43369978402963282842013-02-19T20:04:59.169-06:002013-02-19T20:04:59.169-06:00He was voted a FI-9 . We were told that if we con...He was voted a FI-9 . We were told that if we contacted the voting panel office; we might put his parole in jeapordy and that they might rescind the vote. I will take your advice under consideration and keep the Austin BPP number handy. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36031808560962999172013-02-17T10:17:05.389-06:002013-02-17T10:17:05.389-06:00Anonymous 9:01,
Have you contacted the board offi...Anonymous 9:01,<br /><br />Have you contacted the board office that voted on your son's case? <br /><br />I don't know anything about your son's case but judging from the amount of time he has waited, I would guess the panel vote was an FI-6R or FI-18R. These programs have some of the longest wait times and is one of the reasons the board now has the option to vote offenders into shorter programs.<br /><br />The BPP works closely with TDCJ's Reentry and Integration Division and is well informed as to program wait times based upon bed space. In my estimation there may not be an established way that they are identifying offenders for re-vote when they go six months to one year past a program target begin date. <br /><br />Again if you contact the voting panel office, a question I would ask them is why your son's vote hasn't been more closely monitored. If you don't get anywhere with that phone call, I would contact the BPP central office in Austin and ask to speak with the BPP's Board Administrator. You should be able to reach this office at (512) 406-5452.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75291244143199383532013-02-17T09:01:50.846-06:002013-02-17T09:01:50.846-06:00The parole board does not have any idea of the wai...The parole board does not have any idea of the wait time for paroled inmates to get into a program. My son received a parole vote in October 2010, no sooner to start date of March 2011. He is still waiting to get into the program. Yes, I know; it is a privilege, not a right to receive parole. Wouldn't it be financially advantageous to the taxpayers to have more programs so that people who are paroled can exit TDCJ, start work, pay taxes, pay their fines and stop draining the funding for the prisons? How much does it cost for each inmate to be incarcerated? It seems to me that one agency would have more oversight into the programs and how they are managed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81928640477765030602013-02-17T07:56:00.820-06:002013-02-17T07:56:00.820-06:00Secure prison facilities aren't physically des...Secure prison facilities aren't physically designed to become mental health treatment centers. And none of the staff would be qualified to transfer over. It's not like all these rural units are surrounded by beaucoup de mental health professionals.<br /><br />They need to invest in mental health treatment, but converting old prison units are not the way to do it.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19595358263810754372013-02-17T07:35:14.726-06:002013-02-17T07:35:14.726-06:00Why not consider turning these facilities into men...Why not consider turning these facilities into mental health treatment centers vs. closing them?<br /><br />Or will county jails continue to be a dumping ground at no cost to the state?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com