Comments on: Teamsters, Dept. Of Corrections Battle About Probation Visits http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/teamsters-dept-of-corrections-battle-about-probation-visits Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:28:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CB http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/teamsters-dept-of-corrections-battle-about-probation-visits/comment-page-1#comment-220932 CB Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:25:58 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=97569#comment-220932 This is ridiculous. I went to prison at 15 years old for 10 years. Since then I've had great jobs, one of which working for an engineering firm actually going inside prisons to perform building inspections. I averaged $60-70k per year. However, recently, while on probation (I was a "maximum" case), the officer came by my home once a month. Never entered my home and always stayed in the car and just had me open the door and wave. Granted, most people in jails and prisons deserve to be there. Most are just breathing up good air that good men and women need to live. They should harvest their organs for deserving folks. So for the department to save money, that's great! Yet ask why when an illegal immigrant breaks the law and goes to prison (there are many) there is an immigration hold placed on them yet they must first complete their sentence "before" being deported. Why must taxpayers pay for electricity, water, toiletries, food, and various types of healthcare, amoung other things ? Cause prisons are bigger than oranges here in Florida. In FY1999 DOC made $28 million just off telephone calls. When the DOC took package permits away, it wasnt to stop drugs coming in as they claimed. It was because they realized inmates' families were spending millions a year for items which the department wasnt seeing a piece of. So they buy this cheap crap, inflate the price several hundred percent because inmates are forced to buy. It's a business. If they were so concerned about the public, then explain this: I went to prison at 16. Cell phones were carried around in a big case in your car. I never filled out an application, knew how credit worked, driven a car, etc... I didn't get youthful offender status, I was there with grown men. After 5 years, I hurt someone for making sexual advances and sent to FSP in close management (solitary) where I remained for almost 5 years. I was 19 months discipline free and couldn't advance to a less restrictive level of CM. I was released into the world after five years of solitary confinement. I didn't have any adult experience and in 2003 technology had greatly advanced. I had numerous violent felonies. Don't you think that letting me out like that, no supervision, training or preparation was much more of a threat to the public than an officer riding by a probationers house to wave once a month ? That's because it's not about the public. It never has been. This is ridiculous. I went to prison at 15 years old for 10 years. Since then I’ve had great jobs, one of which working for an engineering firm actually going inside prisons to perform building inspections. I averaged $60-70k per year. However, recently, while on probation (I was a “maximum” case), the officer came by my home once a month. Never entered my home and always stayed in the car and just had me open the door and wave.
Granted, most people in jails and prisons deserve to be there. Most are just breathing up good air that good men and women need to live. They should harvest their organs for deserving folks.
So for the department to save money, that’s great! Yet ask why when an illegal immigrant breaks the law and goes to prison (there are many) there is an immigration hold placed on them yet they must first complete their sentence “before” being deported. Why must taxpayers pay for electricity, water, toiletries, food, and various types of healthcare, amoung other things ? Cause prisons are bigger than oranges here in Florida. In FY1999 DOC made $28 million just off telephone calls. When the DOC took package permits away, it wasnt to stop drugs coming in as they claimed. It was because they realized inmates’ families were spending millions a year for items which the department wasnt seeing a piece of. So they buy this cheap crap, inflate the price several hundred percent because inmates are forced to buy. It’s a business.
If they were so concerned about the public, then explain this: I went to prison at 16. Cell phones were carried around in a big case in your car. I never filled out an application, knew how credit worked, driven a car, etc… I didn’t get youthful offender status, I was there with grown men. After 5 years, I hurt someone for making sexual advances and sent to FSP in close management (solitary) where I remained for almost 5 years. I was 19 months discipline free and couldn’t advance to a less restrictive level of CM. I was released into the world after five years of solitary confinement. I didn’t have any adult experience and in 2003 technology had greatly advanced. I had numerous violent felonies. Don’t you think that letting me out like that, no supervision, training or preparation was much more of a threat to the public than an officer riding by a probationers house to wave once a month ? That’s because it’s not about the public. It never has been.

]]> By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/teamsters-dept-of-corrections-battle-about-probation-visits/comment-page-1#comment-131017 David Huie Green Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:05:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=97569#comment-131017 Yes, it is a safety issue. But that doesn't necessarily mean that is why they brought it up. Yes, it is a safety issue. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that is why they brought it up.

]]> By: hmmmmm http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/teamsters-dept-of-corrections-battle-about-probation-visits/comment-page-1#comment-131002 hmmmmm Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:41:36 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=97569#comment-131002 State employees get $0.44.5 / mile reimbursement for travel = this is to pay the states share of gas car repairs insurance etc for the shared use of the employees vehicle ......... no profit there for employees and the Teamsters don't get any of that ---- it truely is a public safety issue not a $$ issue for staff or Teamsters State employees get $0.44.5 / mile reimbursement for travel = this is to pay the states share of gas car repairs insurance etc for the shared use of the employees vehicle ……… no profit there for employees and the Teamsters don’t get any of that —- it truely is a public safety issue not a $$ issue for staff or Teamsters

]]> By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/teamsters-dept-of-corrections-battle-about-probation-visits/comment-page-1#comment-130982 David Huie Green Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:36:04 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=97569#comment-130982 CONSIDERING: "In February, it paid $277,000 in probation-related travel reimbursements, a total that dropped after the change to $99,000 in March and $80,000 in April." One almost gets the impression the money for reimbursement may be the thing which the teamsters miss rather than fearing for public safety. it's a shame when one gets so suspicious. they are probably still focused primarily on public safety and we know there have times when more visits would have turned up evidence of criminal activities on the part of parolees. David for cheap safety CONSIDERING:
“In February, it paid $277,000 in probation-related travel reimbursements, a total that dropped after the change to $99,000 in March and $80,000 in April.”

One almost gets the impression the money for reimbursement may be the thing which the teamsters miss rather than fearing for public safety. it’s a shame when one gets so suspicious. they are probably still focused primarily on public safety and we know there have times when more visits would have turned up evidence of criminal activities on the part of parolees.

David for cheap safety

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