tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5273575980655219798..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Reducing 'chemical restraint' of TYC youthGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52388613049367364742010-11-02T22:46:34.217-05:002010-11-02T22:46:34.217-05:0010:26
I doubt you can support that claim about TDC...10:26<br />I doubt you can support that claim about TDCJ transfers with any data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67828667923783799302010-11-02T06:44:55.893-05:002010-11-02T06:44:55.893-05:00Smith is the glue that this agency needs right now...Smith is the glue that this agency needs right now as they continue to push forward. He is like a breath of fresh air that pushes new and informative ideas to the fore front that TYC has never tried before. Look how far this agency has moved forward with his leadership, just give him time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40492767336971910462010-10-30T10:26:26.885-05:002010-10-30T10:26:26.885-05:00TYC is a fascinating study as are those that are c...TYC is a fascinating study as are those that are critical of the agency.<br /><br />Those that advocate for the abolition of TYC have no answers for where the youth will go when or if the agency is obliterated.<br /><br />The use of chemical restraints is a maledict form of restraint.<br /><br />As I understand it however, staff members are only allowed to respond to violent assault by hugging or performing a primary restraint technique on the kids. Staff members are prohibited from defending themselves by TYC policy. The right of self defense is a right that all Texans enjoy, unless you work for TYC.<br /><br />On the sadder side of things, what tends to occur is that the youths know this and they will tend to assault numerous staff members in rapid succession. These incidents are documented by surveillance video evidence, turned over to law enforcement and then the youth is often either recommitted as a sentenced offender or sent to TDCJ.<br /><br />With the system we have created after 2007, more youths are being sent to TDCJ for longer sentences.<br /><br />Good job Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53781051986734041752010-10-30T00:31:59.467-05:002010-10-30T00:31:59.467-05:00You have got to be kidding me. The manager named h...You have got to be kidding me. The manager named has proven ineffective time and time again in TYC and isn't even a Texas product. He's from Maryland, and if you look at that states history, you'll see all the federal involvement surrounding his ass. But then again, he was a Nedlekoff appointment much like Cheri Townsend was, so what more could you expect. I mean, look at that agency now. What a disaster. Losing 700,000 K on an employee lawsuit? I can assure you, there's more of that coming.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30177618153202730182010-10-30T00:23:56.474-05:002010-10-30T00:23:56.474-05:00"Crazy people to fix it, at least Mr Smith st..."Crazy people to fix it, at least Mr Smith stands up for the field staff. He has brought a lot of great and inspiring practices from his past experiences from other states, which was needed. I for one like the idea of Re-Direct where youth who assault staff or their peers receive no consequence, but are made to learn from their mistakes and become a better person. Just give it time and all of you will reap the rewards"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82550861920523578552010-10-29T17:25:12.321-05:002010-10-29T17:25:12.321-05:00Yeh 29; Thats what 'O' stated and look wha...Yeh 29; Thats what 'O' stated and look what a disaster he has turned our country into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-76168302452198316122010-10-29T11:43:48.011-05:002010-10-29T11:43:48.011-05:00YES Crazy! Let the darlings assault YOU and receiv...YES Crazy! Let the darlings assault YOU and receive no consequences, then see if you like it. This is stupid! You are inviting youth to assault others and just treat it with a slap on the hand. No wonder TYC has drifted into the abyss. YOU should be fired along with the idiots that came up with this policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38998004048671631092010-10-29T06:29:35.972-05:002010-10-29T06:29:35.972-05:00Crazy people to fix it, at least Mr Smith stands u...Crazy people to fix it, at least Mr Smith stands up for the field staff. He has brought a lot of great and inspiring practices from his past experiences from other states, which was needed. I for one like the idea of Re-Direct where youth who assault staff or their peers receive no consequence, but are made to learn from their mistakes and become a better person. Just give it time and all of you will reap the rewards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43599470318425613242010-10-28T21:59:10.740-05:002010-10-28T21:59:10.740-05:00I don't care about TYC, but all I know is that...I don't care about TYC, but all I know is that Rick Perry sent crazy people to fix the problem. White may be worse, but one can only hope he's better than Perry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7491461635871037582010-10-27T20:44:35.178-05:002010-10-27T20:44:35.178-05:00What is so sad...Sheldon, they will block it out a...What is so sad...Sheldon, they will block it out as though it never happened. Same old TYC...Cover for the abusers and move on; as though all is OK.! Soooooo...sad. State stuck with losers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25779111777447164792010-10-27T15:23:02.005-05:002010-10-27T15:23:02.005-05:00Anoy 10/27/2010 12:45pm
“Making wild accusation is...Anoy 10/27/2010 12:45pm<br />“Making wild accusation is not very convincing. If you have specifics tell us what they are.” This is a great example of simple defecting.<br /><br />It’s very easy to make negative accusations against tyc. Wild, well that’s an opinion, and a very unintelligent opinion at that. In the 120 year history of the agency, or the 60 year history of tyc, or the 30 year history of the commission there is verifiable story after verifiable story of wide spread abuse. Coupled with each story there are wide spread denials of such allegations. My favorite story is the imps of gatesville receiving an accommodation from a third line assistant governor just before the dam broke with Morales vs turdman. Truly based on factual history anyone who has ever been associated with this wretched agency has been raped by the state. So my question back to you is, are you retarded? And I mean retarded from an engineering perspective and not to offend any special needs people who might be reading this. <br /><br />I’m guessing your just another cowardly tyc emp on a blog, mindlessly deflecting critique, in a feeble attempt to defend an agency who’s culture of child abuse is bigger than itself and much older than your great grandparents. Saying the corruption will never end is also not accurate. Just because the sun comes up in the east it doesn’t mean it can’t change. Just ask an end times evangelical. However there is a very high probability, I mean at least a 10 9’s chance that the corruption will not cease at tyc. That’s 99.99999999% for the statistically challenged. The probability that it could is only conceivable with the abolition of this agency for state sponsored child abuse. The corruption at tyc will end with the demise of tyc. However that simple thinking applied to closing Gatesville, and the reality was the corruption was simply spread. The good ol boys were replaced by the lower paid team playa’s who brought with them their culture of sexual deviancy, a whole new world of sexual deviancy, the like not seen in tyc past. As example chester bookins. <br /><br />BTW, like the old timers say about A&M, the same could be said about Gatesville, the place went downhill since they let the chicks in. It just doesn’t seem as well kept today as it was back in the day. <br />Sheldon tyc#47333 II c/sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-494801054294203322010-10-27T12:45:38.168-05:002010-10-27T12:45:38.168-05:0011:23, you said,
"The corruption at TYC will ...11:23, you said,<br />"The corruption at TYC will never end." <br /><br />Making wild accusations is not very convincing. If you have specifics then tell us what they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-263062195874464862010-10-27T11:23:14.219-05:002010-10-27T11:23:14.219-05:00The corruption at TYC will never end. Abolish and ...The corruption at TYC will never end. Abolish and fire everyone that works for this rancid agency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54542320748491686122010-10-27T01:14:22.217-05:002010-10-27T01:14:22.217-05:00And one more: It's an easy one to investigate....And one more: It's an easy one to investigate.<br /><br />How and why was the Mel Mathews Boy's Ranch was ever considered a High Restriction TYC placement when in fact it never had a fence and it was not secured? You tell me why that program received high restriction TYC contracted dollars. The higher restiction, the more funds they received. Yet this place had as much restriction as a freaking TYC halfway house. How did that happen? It's sure smelling like a kick back.<br /><br />*Go ask for the books on this one.*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2102489498536595082010-10-27T00:48:26.846-05:002010-10-27T00:48:26.846-05:00Gritsforbreakfast-
I have to wait until I hear ba...Gritsforbreakfast-<br /><br />I have to wait until I hear back from my lawyer in Austin to actually send what I got, but seperate and aside from my issue with this corrupt piece of shit, I'd start asking how they cheated the federal gov. out of Title IV Funds - millions - and how they circumvented Whitmires order that no TYC Central Office employee be raised in their salary. That's not been the case brotha. Field staff got bumped in September. Go look at who elese in CO. A select few. Go look at the payroll. Go look at the payouts for workers compensation and how TYC compares to other state agency's of like kind such as TDCJ and MHMR. Have things gotten better under Cheri Townsend? You tell me. I think not.<br /><br />Screw Cheri TownsendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73218074117273303232010-10-25T17:09:23.471-05:002010-10-25T17:09:23.471-05:00There may be a small percentage of kids at TYC tha...There may be a small percentage of kids at TYC that use these drugs, but none of them should not be administered without a diagnosis from a doctor, and to do so otherwise is criminal at best. My son was at TYC, was very well behaved, and I visited every weekend, and got to know a lot of the kids there. None of them should be exposed to these type of drugs without a Dr.'s prescription (a ligit one). If you knew some of the staff (who make minimum wage and have the ability to yield power over anyone they want without fear of retribution), you might want to kick their buts as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85210053969956931352010-10-25T11:35:03.191-05:002010-10-25T11:35:03.191-05:007:56 has some folks in Austin shaking in their boo...7:56 has some folks in Austin shaking in their boots. Many have escaped the scandals and forced retirements or firings, but now know their tether lines may be cut by administration. You can see the cowards throughout the building, as they pretend to be so important and 'in-touch' with top bosses. Their hands are about to be forced and many will have to seek shelter in another public agency. Cut this monstors throat and let it bleed out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8147117962933102902010-10-25T11:17:29.018-05:002010-10-25T11:17:29.018-05:00Doping up kids for controllability has a long hist...Doping up kids for controllability has a long history at tyc. This isn’t new. Helping a kid get off the dope once in the free world, now that would be something new for tyc. It’s difficult to look at our criminal justice system and think it is something to keep citizens safe, or in the case of tyc, helping troubled youth. One would have to be foolish or simply a liar to think our criminal justice system keeps citizens safe. Looking at our criminal justice system as a job core, or for some, an entrepreneurial opportunity, makes much more since. From that perspective it’s easy to see tyc as an entity to prepare children to go out to the world and make more victims for the criminal justice system. The tyc does a great job at this and they do it on the real cheep.<br />SheldonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-22139346859997981992010-10-25T08:48:53.923-05:002010-10-25T08:48:53.923-05:00@ 7:56 - Email what you've got to shenson@aust...@ 7:56 - Email what you've got to shenson@austin.rr.com and I'll take a look.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41726786499953279172010-10-25T05:47:16.166-05:002010-10-25T05:47:16.166-05:00No one has mentioned the fact that psychotropic me...No one has mentioned the fact that psychotropic medications are taken on a purely voluntary basis at TYC. The students can refuse to take them. What this boils down to is they will start refusing medications to students who are basically asking for them. It's a Catch 22, because many of the students that need them, don't take them, and students who don't need them describe symptoms they know will get them the meds they want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82300456264934696642010-10-24T21:46:02.040-05:002010-10-24T21:46:02.040-05:007:56pm sounds like sour grapes, were you sent out ...7:56pm sounds like sour grapes, were you sent out for abuse and now you want to be the "Enquirer" and tell all? Go back to your day job and get a life, if you knew anything you would have stepped up when it was taking place rather than talking crap now on a blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73234330712726229812010-10-24T20:32:00.082-05:002010-10-24T20:32:00.082-05:00Sounds like a real winner, huh? A TYC know-all. Pr...Sounds like a real winner, huh? A TYC know-all. Probably lives in Austin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10879421188051067862010-10-24T19:56:11.828-05:002010-10-24T19:56:11.828-05:00Hey Gritsforbreakfast, I posted at 9:18 a.m. I ha...Hey Gritsforbreakfast, I posted at 9:18 a.m. I have some information. Where do you want it sent? I'll tell you all about it bro. I was there, way up there and I can tell you all kinds of shit. How would you like this shit salade delivered? Chilled or room temp bro? Cheri Townsend is wrong for TYC and Texas, and I'll tell you why this coward needs to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58964517565591006802010-10-24T12:17:24.820-05:002010-10-24T12:17:24.820-05:00Kudos to TYC. You must be kidding or high yourself...Kudos to TYC. You must be kidding or high yourself. TYC is a training/refining ground for Texas' worst juveniles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30541869614956233722010-10-24T10:57:26.221-05:002010-10-24T10:57:26.221-05:0007:51
You're right about Perry. Did you see Bi...07:51<br />You're right about Perry. Did you see Bill White when he spoke at a rally at the University of Texas on October 19?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com