Comments on: Scott Begins Department Of Corrections Job Cuts

By: Alexa

Alexa — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:49:38 +0000

hawghead- when’s the last time you visited a prison? they don’t have cable, they don’t sit around, they work and take classes to try and better themselves. Prison is miserable. When you have half the inmates with a 6 grade education, you have to do something to ensure they can earn a living when they are released. THey don’t get alot to eat and any thing “extra,” like a cookie must be paid for by people on the outside- GET a grip
Your comments below

Most criminals have no fear of prison. They get fed 3 times a day. They get to watch cable t.v.. They don’t have to work and they can just sit around take it easy. I say if you want to cut the prison system budget then stop the cable t.v.. Make them sit in their cells 23 hours a day. Feed them bread and water and soup. Make prison miserable and maybe just maybe these low lifes will fear prison and try not commit a crime. Just wonder if everytime your child misbehaved you sent them to Disney World. Do you think they would care if they got caught? I am all for cutting the budget as long as it is the waste.

By: Trevis

Trevis — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:39:28 +0000

People! Most of the people that are leaving comments and hating on co’s can not even walk in a co boot. Most of you are scary and would not even dare step foot in a prison. WHEN A INMATE RUN UP IN YOUR FACE WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

By: Carmen

Carmen — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:33:50 +0000

To all of those that are concern what happens and does not happen in prison abuse, or inmates are abusing the system. Its very simple FBI goes undercover in prison all the time. No one knows who they are and we can get down to the truth. Maybe someone does not want to find out what is really happening. I have meet some wonderful correctional officers that do their job with their heart. I have also meet the must abusive human beings in my life in the DOC. So lets weed the corrupted ones out and prompt those that have common sense and just want to run the prison the way it should be run, correctional not abuse.

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:40:10 +0000

Mighty interesting take on the judicial process, M.P. – let’s see if I understand what you mean: If you’re a SUSPECT, you must cooperate with “investigators” that have already presumed that you are GUILTY until proven INNOCENT. If you have ever been SUSPECTED, but not indicted or even TRIED in a COURT, you are PROHIBITED from running for office. Especially anyone that exercises their 5th Amendment RIGHT. (Gee, I wonder why they even put that into the Bill of Rights anyway? Oh, yeah, I remember, because some people put in power over other people – think LEOs/DAs – may try to coerce a person in their custody into making false & incriminating statements – Power corrupting, and Absolute Power?)

Shucks, maybe the “suspected” shouldn’t have the right to VOTE either. An old police friend used to tell me that there were two types out there, LEO’s and Perps. I thought that was a tad cynical. Still do.

One thing I have learned is that when the Political Opposition screams an accusation, especially if they are Democrats, you can be sure that they are TEN TIMES more guilty of the same thing, or worse. I wouldn’t believe McCollum or Sink & the Dems for one minute about anything they had to say about Rick Scott.

And having some experience with how our Healthcare System works (or doesn’t), and the mess that Congress has made it over the past 40 years or more – well, just don’t be too sure that everyone accused of “overcharging” is actually guilty. The people that write the rules don’t even know how to interpret them, let alone enforce them.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:38:36 +0000

I wondered too, but it is for the voters to decide, not the elected. Until he is convicted of committing a felony, as a legal resident of Florida, he is allowed to run for any applicable office.

Even after he commits a felony, he can request to have his civil rights restored and run for office.

David for free elections
even if we sometimes pick interesting people

By: M.P.

M.P. — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:32:10 +0000

Just an Old Soldier,
No one is saying that millionaires should be prohibited from running for office. However someone who committed fraud to the tune of billions, and refused to cooperate with the proceedings during trial should be. Also it makes me wonder why would someone as accomplished as Rick Scott spend the amount that he did to run for this office?

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:55:45 +0000

Benefits are part of the pay package, what you have to spend to get people to work for you. Removing benefits is a form of a pay cut.

I’ve noticed over the years negotiators use the confusion between salary and salary plus benefits to justify raises and/or increased benefits. They say things like, “We make ten percent less than the state average, therefore we need a ten percent raise to keep even.” while ignoring benefits worth more than the ten percent difference.

Then other negotiators look at them with their raises and say, “We need a ten percent improvement on the package because the state average of pay plus benefits is ten percent higher than what we make.”

Done that way, you can hope for increases out of the taxpayers. Then you run into the folks who say, “We guarantee so much pay, I’m thinking about cutting that and I fully intend to do away with all your benefits since they aren’t pay anyway.”

David for common understanding
and mutual benefit

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:02:51 +0000

Since when is having money and spending it in pursuit of public office something to be derided, Should all millionaires be prohibited from public offices?

Should public office only go to the unaccomplished? From the looks of the recent 2008 Presidential Election it seems to be the goal of some Political Parties to run the least qualified people they can find.

Bottom line- It’s a thankless job that he signed up for – let him at it, he won the election, and “elections have consequences” – or so we have been told from “on high”.

Let the Liberals howl and cackle. It’s music to my ears.

By: M.P.

M.P. — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:48:15 +0000

To Linda Madden
I have been employed by the department of Corrections for over 20 years, Your statement about the tools at Avon Park is completely untrue. When there is an excess in the inventory the tools are sent to another facility that has a shortage. Only an inmate would make a statement like that.
To Realistic Floridian
No one feels they are entitled to a free pension. We earn it by working. The hourly wage is not comparable to the private sector nor many other federal or state detention facilities. The pension was part of the salary and why most people that worked there stayed.
To Too Funny,
Your statement that there are 5-8 guards per inmate is ridiculous, At the prison I work at there are approximately 1500 inmates and never more than 25 officers per shift. If you are going to post an opinion get the facts so your post does not make you look like a fool.
To all of you who wish to wait and see what Governor Scott is going to do,
The man spent $79,000,000 of his own money to become governor. He pled the 5th throughout the entire trial when his company was found to have stolen billions of your tax dollars. Basically we gave the keys to the states treasuary to a thief. I do not want to give him a chance. If allowed I have a good idea of what is going to happen.

By: Janeen

Janeen — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:12:18 +0000

Please reinstate the 65 percent gain time rule. It is something that has to be earned. The reason inmates lay around all day is because there is nothing to do. please help these people not repeat by giving them some skills to use on the outside. if they can’t get a job on the outside, guess what happens? Please do the right thing Florida.