tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7616460904137821030..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: If Sheriffs want reimbursement for 'blue warrant' prisoners, will counties reimburse state for incarcerating felons they send? Maybe they shouldGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73992514518581353442013-03-22T11:20:42.264-05:002013-03-22T11:20:42.264-05:00I have just learned how corrupt Harris County poli...I have just learned how corrupt Harris County police and parole is after my husband was arrested on a blue warrant for assaulting me and leaving the country without permission. Harris county sheriff told me to go get his car out of impound after the arrest and inside was a half empty bottle of whiskey and a report from the hospital that he was treated for alcoholism! They didn't give him a DUI or arrest for open container. Then his parole officer lied under oath at the parole revocation hearing did not allow evidence of his alcoholism and he got 60 days of ISF and no alcohol or anger management domestic violence treatment. Why bother arresting him? Lol he told me parole and Harris county police are stupid. Now I believe him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33628626691644208702013-01-22T15:03:17.092-06:002013-01-22T15:03:17.092-06:00On the other hand, if these were first time offend...On the other hand, if these were first time offenders with plenty of money to spend on commissary, jails would be more than happy to let them rot their ass off behind bars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30267110571471350852013-01-22T11:06:31.702-06:002013-01-22T11:06:31.702-06:00Why don't the counties just refuse to enforce ...Why don't the counties just refuse to enforce the blue warrant and let them out anyway, like El Paso and Nueces Counties did years ago. This in spite of clear direction by the legislature. The biggest problem with allowing bonds for parole violators is that the violation is not the measure of the dangerousness of the parolee and the people making the bonding decisions cannot understand that. And the Parole Division does not want to be in the business of deciding bond matters. For instance, you have a serious child sex offender who was released on mandatory supervision under the old laws (not by decision of a panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles). He hangs out by a school. Not a crime but a serious violation. So some local yokel lets the guy out on bond? I don't think so.Skifoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52690195087879606652013-01-22T10:44:47.979-06:002013-01-22T10:44:47.979-06:00Let Pretrial departments in each county bail them ...Let Pretrial departments in each county bail them out, they are a failing system anyway. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-4054014037340390812013-01-22T04:47:08.551-06:002013-01-22T04:47:08.551-06:006:09, McLennan leased an old facility to a private...6:09, McLennan leased an old facility to a private company and now has to pay that company a fee to house county prisoners in their own facility because of overincarceration. I'm guessing that's the source of the "housed elsewhere" figure.<br /><br />8:12, that's certainly true some of the time; not all.<br /><br />1:13, Texas sheriffs have wanted this as long as I've been coming to the capitol, I'm not sure you can blame ALEC for it.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13740209427568118332013-01-21T20:12:44.663-06:002013-01-21T20:12:44.663-06:00When the state issues a blue warrant, they have ab...When the state issues a blue warrant, they have absolutely no intention of seeing this person back in prison. they call it jail therapy. The inmate usually sits in jail for 30 days or so, and is reinstated or paroled in abstentia. TDCJ is merely using the locals to do the parole officers job for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56126490547328186852013-01-21T18:31:01.831-06:002013-01-21T18:31:01.831-06:00Where does the state presently receive money from ...Where does the state presently receive money from to pay for those in TDCJ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81005355837585374972013-01-21T18:09:00.340-06:002013-01-21T18:09:00.340-06:00Here
http://www.tcjs.state.tx.us/docs/ElsewhereR...Here <br /><br />http://www.tcjs.state.tx.us/docs/ElsewhereRptCurrent.pdf<br /><br />it says that McClennan County is housing 352 inmates somewhere else but here<br /><br />http://www.tcjs.state.tx.us/docs/AbbreRptCurrent.pdf<br /><br />it says McClennan 1(P) is empty with 296 beds empty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24583307579527057852013-01-21T17:50:43.106-06:002013-01-21T17:50:43.106-06:00Two of three county sheriff's mentioned in teh...Two of three county sheriff's mentioned in teh article, Harrison and Cass, are retired game wardens. <br /><br />In particular, the Cass County sheriff just took office on January 1. When he talks about his jail being overpopulated and having to house them with Gregg County, he fails to mention or doesn't realize is Cass County's incarceration rate. #15 in the state @ 3.85. Nor does he mention 22 misdemeanor only charged inmates in his jail.<br /><br />That old "possum cop" got a lot to learn before he speaks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20105868875096371612013-01-21T13:13:46.095-06:002013-01-21T13:13:46.095-06:00A bill calling for parole bonding will result in l...A bill calling for parole bonding will result in less inmates making parole since there is a high number of indigent inmates in TDCJ. Parole Bonding is being pushed by ALEC and their criminal buddies on Wall Street. Imposing a bond on someone who does not have a job and no resources is stupid. If the Sheriff's in Texas want these violators in their county all they have to do is not arrest them. Let's see how long they remain sheriff. County government in Texas is lazy and corrupt. It doesn't surprise me to see the Sheriff's Association of Texas push ALEC legislation. Texas Sheriff's need to put up and shut up about the issue. I would be glad to replace my Sheriff if they allow violators to roam my county. All I see in Texas is the Sheriff's Department drive around in brand new SUV's, while state agencies drive old worn out vehicles. It looks like most counties can afford to feed the parole violators, while the state is limited on their resources. If the Counties in Texas are that broke, quit building new jails every five years and buying new SUV's for county bureaucrats who do nothing but sight see all day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81190540439876871342013-01-21T11:39:40.222-06:002013-01-21T11:39:40.222-06:00About the same idiotic thinking that applies to se...About the same idiotic thinking that applies to sex offenders on state parole. The state of Texas implements all conditions for a sex offender released from TDCJ-ID on parole. Then the sex offender has to register with a city police department. Why is state parole in charge of everything involving a sex offender except their registration? It's just another example of how the state passes the buck ($ literally) onto others with no oversight or recourse. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com