tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6695388434606467359..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Programming cuts v. prison closures: The inevitable tradeoffGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13403272616731268962011-04-02T23:33:54.575-05:002011-04-02T23:33:54.575-05:00Your an idiot, these conspiracy laden comments lik...Your an idiot, these conspiracy laden comments like yours are laughable. The leadership was brought into their current circle back in 2008-2009, when Nedelkof was the Director.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18045064092247945242011-03-29T23:09:50.615-05:002011-03-29T23:09:50.615-05:00About those 26 cuts at the TYC Central Office.
Th...About those 26 cuts at the TYC Central Office.<br /><br />The TYC old guard is still tight-knit and undercover. This nefarious bunch still secretly looks out for each other and covers for each other. Now would be a good time to bundle them up and haul them out the door.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be great to air out this agency! The best way to spot them is simple--just look at their salary. They promoted each other and gave raises to each other for years. Anyone who regularly got raises during the years between 1997 and 2007 is likely a secret member of that group. Corruption was good for them and their careers thrived in that climate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12933202162835098212011-03-29T21:50:51.248-05:002011-03-29T21:50:51.248-05:00Scott:
Where are you finding out that the cuts to...Scott:<br /><br />Where are you finding out that the cuts to education in prison are just to vocational education? I work for Windham and we have been told to brace for cuts to our programming across the board with possible closure of entire schools and the loss of what is the "life skills' classes-CHANGES, Cognitive, parenting, and Lifematers to name a few as well as probable cuts to all of our literacy and vocational programs. And I don't think the college reimbursemnt program is included in that amount (34 million cuts at last I heard proposed by Senate) as it came up AFTER these cuts were mentioned. The cuts will result in a loss of 370 jobs IF they remain as the Senate asked. I think the House has asked for a lesser amount to cut-12 million. <br /><br />If yu have other sources that ahve these numeres and programs to be reduced can you post them? I like my job and I don't want to lose it-especially since I am an educator it doesn't look as if I'll be able to get another one anytime soon in education.Texannnnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16707487174467437942011-03-29T13:14:53.365-05:002011-03-29T13:14:53.365-05:00Texas LOVES it's prisons! Prisons are as inter...Texas LOVES it's prisons! Prisons are as intertwined in our culture as much as cowboys and appearing "tough" on crime.Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88516858093106066902011-03-29T09:36:03.719-05:002011-03-29T09:36:03.719-05:00I'll try to do so, 9:05, I was just reacting t...I'll try to do so, 9:05, I was just reacting to the media coverage. Too many hearings, too little time. Today and tomorrow are packed! (Death penalty day in House Criminal Jurisprudence - ugh!)<br /><br />I certainly understand Ogden's concerns, but incarceration levels are largely a function of state policy. The state can change policies to reduce incarceration rates if it chooses, but nobody is willing to propose that, preferring to pretend that the naked emperor remains clothed. I still think the cold inevitability of mathematics (barring a Rainy Day Fund bailout) will eventually push them to consider policy changes, but they're not there yet. At least not until the House definitively rejects using the RDF, which seems possible.<br /><br />Don, the short answer is that nobody knows, and just about any scenario you describe is possible. You'd have had about as good a chance of predicting beforehand the Final Four participants in Houston next weekend as predicting how the budget will shake out. It'll be some combination of cuts, smoke and mirrors, and new revenue sources from somewhere, somehow, but what that mix will look like is impossible to predict.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23230457576728097842011-03-29T09:12:01.759-05:002011-03-29T09:12:01.759-05:00Scott: When the Senate subcommittee "puts ba...Scott: When the Senate subcommittee "puts back" funding for probation and diversion programs, yet the House budget writers still want them cut, who wins in conference committee? As you said, if everybody just listens to TDCJ, programming goes, prisons stay. But the Senate doesn't say where the money is coming from. It is phantom money that another committee is supposed to "identify". My question is: How hoped up should we be about this "restoration" of the program funding by the Senate subcommittee?Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902834245861000386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54633106342606820992011-03-29T09:05:35.886-05:002011-03-29T09:05:35.886-05:00You should watch the hearing online and you will k...You should watch the hearing online and you will know the rationale for keeping Central open and initially wanting to close Burnet. Burnet's contract ends in August. It is one of the most expensive treatment facilities that exist per bed. Keeping Central (at least at this time) scares the private contractors at Burnet to lower their bed day rate. Also, it appeases Ogden's fear of running out of capacity. Ogden will fully support these other inititives (it is a package deal you know) if Central stays open. You should really spend the time to watch the video.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35425871449594060272011-03-29T07:16:19.571-05:002011-03-29T07:16:19.571-05:00If anyone makes the argument that teachers are los...If anyone makes the argument that teachers are losing their jobs while money is being shifted to TDCJ and DPS, then DPS might be looking to hire 646 new troopers on top of their already existing 300+ trooper vacancies. I see a chance for DPS to hire some qualified (i.e. laid off) teachers for those interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10020775633149283712011-03-29T06:44:14.202-05:002011-03-29T06:44:14.202-05:00SW, in 2007 the Lege faced even bigger projections...SW, in 2007 the Lege faced even bigger projections for surplus inmates and decided it'd be cheaper to pay for treatment and diversion programming instead. They face essentially the same choice here, writ large: Whether to prioritize prisons or treatment. The can't do it all and cut nine figures at TDCJ. If nobody makes the hard policy choices, they de facto choose more prisons, which will overflow fast if diversion funding fails to expand to handle projected new prisoners.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34136305543615647622011-03-29T06:35:18.588-05:002011-03-29T06:35:18.588-05:00I suspect the shelving of the closure of Central U...I suspect the shelving of the closure of Central Unit has been prompted by the staff who live nearby having to pack up their families and move elsewhere for work if the unit closes. Maybe some of those families have friends in high places.<br /><br />Or maybe with the 300+ new enhancements and laws, Texas feels it is being premature to close a prison it could well fill in the next couple of years?sunray's wenchhttp://www.helium.com/items/1641834-living-unconventional-lifestylesnoreply@blogger.com