tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7628724168755461665..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Glimpses from the House Corrections CommitteeGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68305948103342696012010-04-29T11:44:52.782-05:002010-04-29T11:44:52.782-05:00I lost any respect for Project Rio some years ago ...I lost any respect for Project Rio some years ago when I worked as a parole officer. The scam at that time was to claim credit for parolees who found employment through Project Rio, as well as parolees who found work on their own. Madden may be on the right track. You can say something "works well," but do the numbers bear out the claim? Surely such a long-running program has performance goals and stats that demonstrate the program's actual performance? . . . Right?Thomas Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832779920216463979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13443307798474721002010-04-29T09:03:59.214-05:002010-04-29T09:03:59.214-05:00When will a movement for some pragmatism in senten...When will a movement for some pragmatism in sentencing come? We have these insanely long sentences with no consideration of the likelihood of recidivism. <br /><br />Of course the parole system seems to be a bit of a lottery. It seems some may get a long sentence substantially shortened while others languish in jail.scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74422918063617207652010-04-29T08:38:21.777-05:002010-04-29T08:38:21.777-05:00Voltaire says....
Forget Project RIO; it is a sca...Voltaire says....<br /><br />Forget Project RIO; it is a scam run by slick white boys in dark smoky rooms to suck-up state, and if they can get them, federal funds too.charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722950695071871298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54411429895321655122010-04-29T01:18:44.918-05:002010-04-29T01:18:44.918-05:00Yeah, the federal prison system just dumps inmates...Yeah, the federal prison system just dumps inmates like this on the street on the ground that Medicaid, or Medicare if the inmates are that old, are cheaper than the federal prison system.<br /><br />Of course, the flip side is that a lifer or near-lifer normally has no family that has stayed in touch with him and no friends outside prison walls.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52197752787518386562010-04-29T00:12:49.437-05:002010-04-29T00:12:49.437-05:00TDCJ does nothing to improve the health of the inm...TDCJ does nothing to improve the health of the inmates it houses. It receives often very sick individuals (health-wise) and then only fire-fights the situation. There are no structured exercise programmes in TDCJ, the housing and food conditions do not help the situation, and then you have to add the mental health issues suffered by a large number of inmates. <br /><br />Really there is little point in complaining about the numbers of inmates in medical beds unless TDCJ is willing to put a little effort into healthy-living programmes.<br /><br />But for those who are too sick to leave their beds, you have to question the BPP members as to exactly why they feel the inmate should not be released. If the family is there to take care of them, then there is no reason why someone who cannot leave their bed or who is so frail or so mentally ill that they would in any other circumstance be in a care home, could not be medically paroled.<br /><br />Older inmates, many of whom have been incarcerated for over 10 years, also need to be looked at more favourably by the BPP.sunray's wenchhttp://www.helium.com/items/866605-how-food-affects-your-moodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35281866604884310212010-04-28T18:43:27.270-05:002010-04-28T18:43:27.270-05:00Project Rio seems to be nothing more than a extens...Project Rio seems to be nothing more than a extension of Texas workforce and most people can do better than Texas workforce at getting a job on their own. <br />But it's there. and tax credits are worth mentioning to a prospective employer irregardless of weather or not a person uses Texas workforce/Project Rio.<br /><br />@ stop the madness:<br />Parole officers work to keep people out when compared to probation officers that work to get people in.<br />You son will likely have a much better chance at succeeding on parole.Red Leathermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506840758526404304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40417056885016835382010-04-28T17:55:55.295-05:002010-04-28T17:55:55.295-05:00Same for my kiddo. Coincidentally, I'm going ...Same for my kiddo. Coincidentally, I'm going through his file now writing yet another letter for the parole board. I just ran across the letter I received from Project RIO requesting information on my son. The letter is from November of 08. I provided the information within a week of having received their letter. We've heard nothing else from the Project RIO Workforce Specialist at the Holliday Transfer Unit. Is this the bang for the taxpayers buck? Are we being mislead to believing our sons will come out with jobs waiting for them? <br /><br />And maybe a tad off subject, my kiddo is in prison for techincal violations of probation (ie $$$) and nothing to do with his offense. (Thanks WilCo) If my son comes out on parole,the vicious cycle ($$$) will start all over again because parole in Wilco is a complete duplicate of the probation nightmares. In this job market, a 26 year old who just served an 8 year sentence WILL have problems findng work.Stop the Madness...http://(optional)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40795347869225553642010-04-28T15:13:25.166-05:002010-04-28T15:13:25.166-05:00same goes for my son; the project is a joke! Wond...same goes for my son; the project is a joke! Wonder who is profiting off those funds??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47206956158106298532010-04-28T14:12:06.289-05:002010-04-28T14:12:06.289-05:00I signed up for Project RIO and after the paper wo...I signed up for Project RIO and after the paper work was done I was told "good luck" and that was the end of the help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com