tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3718182994656051470..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ budget would lay off 7,300 employees before closing a single prison unitGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84290139925977011882010-10-23T15:40:47.305-05:002010-10-23T15:40:47.305-05:00Having recently completed parole on a three year c...Having recently completed parole on a three year conviction,I know that the small segment of the "penal system" I was exposed to is nothing more than a human warehouse. After a brief interview upon arrival,there was no interest in any of the prisoners.The only interest the guards diplayed was in promotion.In fairness, they are woefully underpaid and required to work some bizzare shift patterns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15597599811057106482010-09-05T11:02:26.102-05:002010-09-05T11:02:26.102-05:00Being a parole officer for TDCJ- I can tell that t...Being a parole officer for TDCJ- I can tell that the system is need of some serious changes- Data entry clerks is what parole officers should be called- To see a parolee actually get out of prison and not have a positive drug test or new arrest within 6 months is milestone- Why not cut all the classes and resources these offenders get in prison and try making them not want to go back- you can GED- learn a new trade all in prison- at our expense- free medical services- crunchy or non-crunchy peanut butter-just lock them up 23 hours a day in a concrete room~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70116564115037302112010-08-22T12:29:39.050-05:002010-08-22T12:29:39.050-05:00thinking it's time to leave the great state of...thinking it's time to leave the great state of texas before one of my children, especially my young male son, gets sucked into this system. this is frankly the evolution of legal slavery,....proud "not" to be a texan because of our penal system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90628393000773410562010-08-18T18:48:37.395-05:002010-08-18T18:48:37.395-05:00I think Hook Em Horns is onto something. WHY does...I think Hook Em Horns is onto something. WHY does Texas want to keep it's prisons full? Is it about the money?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-388632108643109562010-08-18T14:38:31.163-05:002010-08-18T14:38:31.163-05:00The wonderful people of this state bought into thi...The wonderful people of this state bought into this "tough on crime" mantra that is a facade for the creation of the biggest prison system in the world and the biggest prison-industrial complex in the world.<br /><br />1. Texas is more concerned with putting people in it's prisons that it is with guilt or innocence. PROOF-40+ DNA exonerations and numerous other cases of inmate releases based on a variety of issues.<br /><br />2. The Texas legislature is dedicated to keeping the state's 112 prisons filled. PROOF-The creation of more felony class convictions that any state in the country.<br /><br />3. Texas has an unnatural love and fascination with prisons and incarceration. PROOF-We have 112 prisons scattered across the state, more than any state or any country in the world. We have a "museum" dedicated to this stupidity. TDCJ would rather send it's employees to unemployment lines than close one of it's "famed" prisons.Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54008845494741784802010-08-18T09:10:35.047-05:002010-08-18T09:10:35.047-05:00The opening of non-CSCD operated intermediate sanc...The opening of non-CSCD operated intermediate sanctions facilities was like a glowing gift from the heavens for probation when the Burnet facility opened. Although it's not perfect, it has definitely helped keep probationers out of prison when they violate their stipulations. CSCD-operated ISFs are wonderful, also, but officers are limited in who they can send (no medical issues, no mental health, no assaultive histories, etc). Cutting these beds and all other diversion program funding, which has been proven and documented in all kinds of literature, would be stupid. However, as was posted, TDCJ thinks of itself as a prison operator, not an overall criminal justice agency with many facets. Sure, let's fill up those 122 units, then complain in a year when there aren't enough parole officers to supervise offenders. Good going, TDCJ! You're doing a fabulous job dealing with these budget cuts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29980377362346203902010-08-18T07:06:44.168-05:002010-08-18T07:06:44.168-05:00They can cut where they want, 6:43, and will, but ...They can cut where they want, 6:43, and will, but it's harder if they're bucking TDCJ recommendations.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80465676338833880022010-08-18T06:43:32.912-05:002010-08-18T06:43:32.912-05:00Can the lege cut where they want to? Or, do they ...Can the lege cut where they want to? Or, do they have to cut what TDCJ wants them to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5979744557756365432010-08-17T21:15:02.979-05:002010-08-17T21:15:02.979-05:00What does it say when an agency would rather put 7...What does it say when an agency would rather put 7,300 in the unemployment lines than close one or more of it's pole barn prisons?<br /><br />There is something seriously wrong in this state...<br /><br />At the rate(s) of incarceration TDCJ wants and is committed to and with a legislature that had created more felony class crimes than any state in the nation, how long before we are ALL WEARING WHITE?Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58902411459393144682010-08-17T18:25:27.871-05:002010-08-17T18:25:27.871-05:00I really thought Central would be closed.I really thought Central would be closed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86435412016697913312010-08-17T15:57:00.758-05:002010-08-17T15:57:00.758-05:00One thing Texas is good at is prosecuting and send...One thing Texas is good at is prosecuting and sending people to prison...with thanks to Jon StewartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27754660092472602982010-08-17T14:45:35.762-05:002010-08-17T14:45:35.762-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8545508342527283692010-08-17T14:45:23.612-05:002010-08-17T14:45:23.612-05:00Told ya so...
This state has an unnatural LOVE an...Told ya so...<br /><br />This state has an unnatural LOVE and FASCINATION with prisons. The proof is in the budget!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.com