tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8343697179986654500..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Overincarceration at local jail responsible for Wichita County tax hikeGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55449203474882628802010-08-21T05:52:07.326-05:002010-08-21T05:52:07.326-05:00Sure lets go DIRECTLY to the tax payers and nail t...Sure lets go DIRECTLY to the tax payers and nail them. <br /><br />Don't bother to try to negotiate concessions from anyone in the public sector, not when you have a loophole you can use to screw the taxpayers.<br /><br />And if your trying for even more money you can pack the jail with people that should have been released on their own recognizance & a court date.<br />Of course that sometimes leads to abuses & lawsuits like the Stark County, Ohio jail has had.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5hf-aDEAr8<br /><br />So then the taxpayers can pay through the nose for them too.John55https://www.blogger.com/profile/01983453633576236830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5565856386134734052010-08-18T18:32:28.823-05:002010-08-18T18:32:28.823-05:00Thank you Wichita County defense attorney. You are...Thank you Wichita County defense attorney. You are absolutely correct. To jail someone for something that a citaion would handle, putting them in jail is not the answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73940516497564959962010-08-18T18:25:08.478-05:002010-08-18T18:25:08.478-05:00I work for UTMB as a mental health clinician in a ...I work for UTMB as a mental health clinician in a Texas prison. One thing that concerns me (among many) is the disparity in sentencing from one county to another. What is fair about someone getting two years in McLennan for something that they would only get six months for in Dallas?Doug Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74343375114218300792010-08-18T11:07:44.034-05:002010-08-18T11:07:44.034-05:00As a Wichita County defense attorney I see this k...As a Wichita County defense attorney I see this kind of waste every day. There has been no increase in crime in Wichita County that would result in an increased jail population. The situation is an effort by the Sherrif's office to pack the existing jails to force the citizens into buying a new one and the DAs assisting this effort to retain their relationship with the SO as well as their own inability to timely move cases. It is bureaucratic money grabbing and has led to a form over substance style of justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14661171447063518992010-08-18T07:12:58.840-05:002010-08-18T07:12:58.840-05:00No, 9:20, I'm equally concerned about governme...No, 9:20, I'm equally concerned about government waste when indigent defense costs balloon to defend petty cases, when court dockets are overwhelmed and become money sinkholes, when DA's wait days to evaluate intake instead of using direct filing, and generally whenever there's waste and pointless extra spending in the system. (The topic of this blog is criminal justice, of course; if we were discussing healthcare we'd be talking about different areas of waste - perhaps you just oppose seeking cost savings in this one area of government?)<br /><br />Texas county jail populations in the last decade grew MUCH faster than the population or the crime rate. There's fat there to cut if there is the political will.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-26550209402580727302010-08-17T21:20:16.322-05:002010-08-17T21:20:16.322-05:00I'm like you, I'm only concerned with the ...I'm like you, I'm only concerned with the tax rate when I'm advocating that prisoners be released.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20422184037987148872010-08-17T20:31:29.476-05:002010-08-17T20:31:29.476-05:00Smith County Commissioners are RAISING THE TAX RAT...Smith County Commissioners are RAISING THE TAX RATE but refuse to cut the incarceration rate. In fact, they want a bigger jail.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.com