Comments on: 177 Prisoners Released Or Moved From Escambia County Jail After Flood

By: Lisa Watson

Lisa Watson — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:32:13 +0000

Morgan needs to be released come the next election. Keep the Momentum? The county has gotten worse and the deputies seem less likely to protect and serve than ever before. I don’t want THAT momentum to keep going

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 01:15:25 +0000

Morgan is not being blamed for the weather he is being blamed for not being prepared.

By: Just sayin'

Just sayin' — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:13:39 +0000

@Sandra,

No rose colored glasses here. Just the common sense to know that people are accused of things all the time that they didn’t do and for anyone to ASSUME otherwise is asinine.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:52:51 +0000

well from what I see the people in jail needs to have better liveing condtion.s then what thay have ? It.s doesn.t matter why there in there .Everyone one has there day in court .not everyone is guilty so why should they has to live like animal.s ?? but mr morgan doesn.t care he.s more for what he can get money wise then makeing sure the men and women are takeing care of the jail has no hot water not enough food toilets running over next there is gonna be an out break of some kind of desesas and then what ????? a hole lota law suits and morgan cant blame any one but his self so any one who makes a remark about whats going on and thinks its ok for the way the jail is being run then your crazy cause you wouldn.t be saying that if it was someone you new in there they have rights to

By: Anti venom

Anti venom — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:24:20 +0000

Natural disasters happen. That’s why we have insurance. To blame Sheriff Morgan for this, is just plain…..(fill in the blank). Perhaps I misread the article, but I didn’t see anyone “getting out of jail free”. You might have an arguement with the 6 Nolle Prosequi inmates. They would fall under the Emily Litella catch phrase “Never Mind”.

By: northend voter

northend voter — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:25:17 +0000

Citizen is dead on. We are in trouble with Morgan at the helm. How can someone like Morgan, who had done nothing prior to getting elected thinks he knows it all. He told the county commissioners he would look at their budget, wrote a letter to the Governor giving him pointers on running the State. Totally defiant to Federal Judges who are appointed for life. His last piece of recent “hey look at me” is his letter to the editor, “I have stood on the beaches of Normandy, prayed at the chapel there,” etc…it is all about his ego. Alot of us are nauseated at his rhetoric.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:18:18 +0000

I AGREE BUT THEY GET CHARGED TO BE IN THERE. THEY HAVE TO PAY A DAILY FEE

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:42:50 +0000

@ Sandra,

Not all 177 were released – only those due to be released were turned out. The others were transferred to other facilities, or to the agency responsible for them. READ the article before commenting!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:33:50 +0000

I want a pair of those rose colored glasses that “just sayin” is wearing.

By: Just sayin'

Just sayin' — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:37:44 +0000

Sandra on June 14th, 2012 2:43 pm
@ Mike O. Yep, thats 177 people out commiting more crimes right now…I promise ya.

Well, Sandra, so much for your promises. Statistics estimate that 2.3 to 5% of all death row convictions are of innocent people. That would mean that out of 177 people, probably 4-8 people are innocent of the alleged crimes. Then there are the ones who are in there because they, say, had a ticket they couldn’t pay because they lost their jobs. Or even parents who owe child support and can’t find a job so warrants were issued for their arrests. What crimes do you think they’re out there committing?

@Grandjoy,

JAIL is NOT for punishment. PRISON is for punishment. Jail is to house people who are waiting to go to court, to go to prison to begin their punishment, to be transported to other facilities and in a few cases, to serve a short punishment for minor crimes. MOST of those in jail have not been convicted of anything and therefore, they must, by law, be considered INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.