tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post9153128262863124685..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Backlash against new prisoner reentry housingGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49849882946570358222010-08-29T06:20:34.705-05:002010-08-29T06:20:34.705-05:00These people go to prison and they're expected...These people go to prison and they're expected to be responsible members of society when they get out so now people want to bitch about providing housing for a few months. So lets just dump them out where more than likely they'll get in trouble. People can be so narrow minded sometimes. My counselor served 8 years prison time and got out and went to school,got a pardon and is helping others. People need help sometimes and if the program is working and helping people get their lives back together then it should continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5729803443994874412010-08-17T12:14:17.295-05:002010-08-17T12:14:17.295-05:00I'm not jumping down anyone's throat, I...I'm not jumping down anyone's throat, I'm just curious to hear a solution instead of complaints all the time. If you don't want ex-felons housed near to you, where do you think they should be housed? Until someone comes up with a sensible answer, we'll just keep going round in circles.sunray's wenchhttp://www.helium.com/items/1730441-crime-human-rightsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64247240145423361512010-08-17T01:10:19.700-05:002010-08-17T01:10:19.700-05:0009:51, I know what you mean. I like living as far ...09:51, I know what you mean. I like living as far as possible from anyone who makes me uncomfortable. Can't believe these people are jumping down your throat. That includes criminals.<br /><br />04:08, I do avoid living next to most blacks. Not saying they should be excluded, but I'll keep hoping I can avoid them as much as possible.<br /><br />Hispanics are ok. They have more family values and respect for others, in my experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32060566352034938632010-08-16T16:08:50.117-05:002010-08-16T16:08:50.117-05:00They can send them to my neighborhood in SW Arling...They can send them to my neighborhood in SW Arlington and I hope I get to know some of them! Dang 9:51, what other groups do feel should be excluded - blacks and Hispanics maybe or what about Jews, they're known to be quite underhanded aren't they?!!Inthedoghousehttp://www.milcraft.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58137028884389468252010-08-16T14:57:27.186-05:002010-08-16T14:57:27.186-05:00I see that the state still does not see the big pi...I see that the state still does not see the big picture. When the treatment initiative was at full bloom most of these problems were mininum. You already have laws that restrict these individuals from being able to get their own (apartment association)place, and then you have reduced the treatment beds to almost nothing, Oh1 by the way putting a learge number of treatment facilities out of business, But the state still wants to run things. An earlier comment was right on target and here's more food for thought did the state ask any of the community leaders or substance abuse providers for their input. I quote a saying from a visonary who started a program of such that most of these issues,if the program was left to grow the way it was suppose to would not have even come about.(It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that locking them and then having not on the back end of confinement does not bring resolution but only chaos). Take criminal justice people out of the mix, because they have one single thought and that is incarceration not rehilbilitation and reunification. For the past twenty years I have been doing just what they are trying to do, they are reinventing the wheel without a design are long term purpose. The program can work if the right individuals were to implement it. Just ask around some of the recovery communities and you will see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48533208528327629372010-08-16T11:32:57.905-05:002010-08-16T11:32:57.905-05:00@ anon 9.51 ~ so where should they be housed?@ anon 9.51 ~ so where should they be housed?sunray's wenchhttp://www.helium.com/items/1458601-the-most-dangerous-jobsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46472208829891406612010-08-16T09:51:07.931-05:002010-08-16T09:51:07.931-05:00I certainly see the controversy in this. Do I see ...I certainly see the controversy in this. Do I see the need for reentry housing? Definately! Do I want them housed by me? No. I think thats the way most people are going to feel. However, I do agree that the program can be very beneficial if run properly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72424041786921895832010-08-16T07:43:17.308-05:002010-08-16T07:43:17.308-05:00Putting a large number of ex-felons in one housing...Putting a large number of ex-felons in one housing project does not increase crime. I am involved in one such project and we are not experiencing any problems. As long as this project is supervised by a responsible individual, it is successful. These laws that ask to not house ex-felons together are made by people who know nothing about what is really happening in the community. Bar these "formerly incarcerated" persons from housing is counter productive . Do you know how many people live in apartment complexes who are committing crimes like using or selling narcotics or committing other misdemeanors or crimes , but have not been caught yet? A cluster of ex- felons living in one area has the advantage of more supervision by parole and probation personnel and law enforcement, I can guarantee that . Now I wait for the NIMBY people to come and attack me !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com