tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post9046502357906614162..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Send in the clowns: Montgomery County jail woesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61659801884135038212016-08-15T03:33:05.172-05:002016-08-15T03:33:05.172-05:00Absolutely right. Take a minute and look up Califo...Absolutely right. Take a minute and look up California's proposition 47 that passed last year. Texas should follow suit. Way behind the times down here.Feduptoherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329619982138189547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90200092496412979792016-08-15T03:29:03.755-05:002016-08-15T03:29:03.755-05:00Probably the mass majority of inmates would fall i...Probably the mass majority of inmates would fall into this category. In California its called "cite and release" Texas should give it a try.Feduptoherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329619982138189547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91710972658342141492016-08-15T03:26:22.842-05:002016-08-15T03:26:22.842-05:00Probably the mass majority of inmates would fit th...Probably the mass majority of inmates would fit this criteria. Including myself just last week. SMHFeduptoherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329619982138189547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-22752422691792443632014-09-07T18:57:00.841-05:002014-09-07T18:57:00.841-05:00Hope theres enough bedspace for the commissioners....Hope theres enough bedspace for the commissioners. ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36866129150044077382014-08-27T16:08:46.260-05:002014-08-27T16:08:46.260-05:00Perhaps the problem isn't so much that there a...Perhaps the problem isn't so much that there are too many criminals, perhaps there are too many laws on the books that make criminals out of everyday citizens. Jails should be used to keep the violent away from the public or those who are a flight risk. Non violent offenders of petty crimes like having pot shouldn't send time in the tank when you have child molesters and violent thugs on the streets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23814105276191173152014-08-22T08:24:08.860-05:002014-08-22T08:24:08.860-05:00A quote from the Economist...
“Third, policing wou...A quote from the Economist...<br />“Third, policing would be a lot easier, and race relations a little more cordial, if America legalised drugs. One reason why so many African-Americans distrust the police is that so many young black men are sent to prison for non-violent drug offences. If drugs were legal, no one would be patted down for pills or jailed for possessing them. Illicit drug gangs would go out of business. And the police would be able to concentrate on tracking down thieves and rapists, making everyone safer. Legalising marijuana would be a good first step, following the examples of Colorado and Washington state.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36064197332395090222014-08-19T13:39:40.562-05:002014-08-19T13:39:40.562-05:00The problem rests with the citizens. Not only do ...The problem rests with the citizens. Not only do we elect people who want to jail everyone, we elect people to the legislature who want to make everything that is fun a crime. There is an old saying "Everything fun is either illegal, immoral or fattening." I generally add "or causes cancer." <br /><br />Pressure groups are literally trying to make things that are immoral illegal, ban things that are fattening and have made cancer causing substances illegal.<br /><br />"The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves."Texasyankeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63178475252502595142014-08-19T08:31:04.380-05:002014-08-19T08:31:04.380-05:00Clowns to the left of us, Jokers to the right, her...Clowns to the left of us, Jokers to the right, here we are, Stuck in the middle with them. - Stealers Wheel<br /><br />The Montgomery County System is a bit behind the curve and they expect the citizenry to be the same. They are not. The majority of the citizens in Montgomery County have pretty good heads on their shoulders and I believe are up to the task of telling the clown circus of county commissioners NO!. And I think that picture is a fairly accurate representation of what the commissioners look like lately.<br /><br />The Homeless Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552287747723969215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46373425471268456182014-08-19T07:23:45.622-05:002014-08-19T07:23:45.622-05:00You all are being extremely inconsiderate! How can...You all are being extremely inconsiderate! How can a cop have any fun if he can't throw people in jail for such heinous crimes as graffiti? Isn't that the reason for taking the job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34766629321974809402014-08-19T05:10:53.172-05:002014-08-19T05:10:53.172-05:00And how many are in county jail charged with a &qu...And how many are in county jail charged with a "class B" misdemeanor who, under the law, could have been issued a citation with court date specified on it? In other words, how many did not even have to be booked under the law?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80351271631519967402014-08-18T20:35:20.556-05:002014-08-18T20:35:20.556-05:00Who are these County Commissioners in Montgomery C...Who are these County Commissioners in Montgomery County? Clowns is the right word. And what about the people who elected them? We've got a lot of counties no better than Montgomery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73719822559479049952014-08-18T19:46:55.300-05:002014-08-18T19:46:55.300-05:00If the issue is the size of the backlog of defenda...If the issue is the size of the backlog of defendants awaiting trial, has anyone considered adding more courts? I don't know the process for creating additional county courts at law, which I presume could be used to clear out misdemeanor cases... and, for that matter, what it would take to create additional district courts for other cases. At one time Smith County created a "fast track" court to dispose of cases in which defendants pled guilty. Of course the clowns here couldn't seem to figure out how to make that work and instead built a $34 million addition to the county jail.<br /><br />And, yeah, you're right. Reporters tend to get stuck on the "jail overcrowding" story and don't take the effort to investigate just WHY the jails are crowded.Joorie Doodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711770130122160427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30226960961176697902014-08-18T17:30:55.270-05:002014-08-18T17:30:55.270-05:00Now that's a funny picture! :~)Now that's a funny picture! :~)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com