Comments on: Six Department Of Corrections Staff Arrested And Fired

By: alayshia

alayshia — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:54:19 +0000

As a parent of an inmate in prison do not want to hear about guards abusing their authority n thinking it’s okay to take matters into their own hands and beating on the inmates just because a person is in prison does not mean that they are a bad person doesn’t mean that their life is of less value then yours so I applaud Mr. Crews for doing an excellent job n continue the hard work

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 02:47:33 +0000

REGARDING:
“And it seems “well”, who posted on Sep. 12, thinks every inmate in prison is guilty. How mistaken you are.”

Few prosecutors will charge a person they believe are innocent.

Most judges won’t allow trial of a person without reasonable grounds to prosecute.

A jury won’t convict unless the evidence supports a conviction.

Courts of appeal are constantly on the lookout for errors on the part of the lower court judges.

Some people confess to crimes they haven’t committed to avoid the punishment if convicted of the crimes with which they’re charged, but even then, the judge generally won’t accept a nolo contendre or guilty plea unless convinced by them that they are actually guilty.

One of the nice things of the Innocence Project is that it is eliminating the few who confessed while actually being innocent of that particular charge. (They’re usually suspects due to other crimes they’ve been known to have committed.) The work has led to the freeing of 316 (out of 1,570,400 in state or federal incarceration at yearend 2012 and dropping) wrongfully convicted people between 1992 and 2014. Those would not be convicted currently due to DNA excluding them, so we‘re talking old cases. They checked on many others but found the evidence supported their convictions.

This doesn’t mean we should pay people to mistreat the convicts, just that actually innocence is not the norm, rather the exception and becoming more exceptional and our entire system of justice was built around only convicting the guilty.

David for perfect justice

By: MOMof one

MOMof one — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 15:39:31 +0000

I know we all like to think only dreadful people are in prison, but do you know that in the state of Florida, driving without a license 3 times will land you in prison? As will destroying turtle eggs, even accidentally? As will killing a rattlesnake, even if it is in your private property and a danger to your family? All of the people there are not hardened dangerous criminals, especially when they are in leg irons and handcuffs…

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 10:21:05 +0000

So glad the rotten apples are being plucked from the barrel. And it seems “well”, who posted on Sep. 12, thinks every inmate in prison is guilty. How mistaken you are. You need to educate yourself and learn about the Innocence Project.

By: Jcellops

Jcellops — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 05:26:18 +0000

I’ve experienced the initial guards (who check you in) at chipley, apalachicola, century, berrydale, and Pensacola work release…IMO, .berrydale had the most pleasant … Then, excluding chipley, each of the rest I found to have had several decent (normal), professional guards that I came into contact with during my check-in.. As I recall, most, if not all, were females too….I hope that Mr. Crews also checks into the past episodes of rampant nausea, vomiting and dysentery (from the food) that shut the apalachicola prison down- no outside visitation was allowed for a period of time…sick bay was overflowing and packed with sick inmates….. I found it very concerning that the health department (covering that region) had no knowledge of the epidemic going on there… Do the prisons have their own health inspectors? If so, that’s sort of like how the VA does an audit/inspection of the VA(themselves)…. Consequently, the facts and statistics can easily be twisted and misconstrued into quite a different picture – than reality.

By: Gail Methvin

Gail Methvin — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:26:18 +0000

As a parent of a prisoner the one thing I don’t understand is why so many of the employees who check you in have to be so rude. We have not done anything wrong and a lot of parents and grandparents are scared because we have never even been in a jail or prison. It amazes me at the ratio of those who are nice and helpful and the ones who are rude and act like you have a disease or something because you are kin to a prisoner. My opinion is if you hate your job go find another one and remember because there are prisoners you have a job.

By: well

well — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:58:54 +0000

@cj,
You had to know the ex inmates would be crying with joy.

Not smart enough to know how to avoid the good ole boys in the big house.
Would like to see prisons in the U. S. closed and send them too Mexico, tax dollars saved, no questions to answer.

By: cj

cj — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:22:04 +0000

As to so many needing a job – they have a opening almost all the time.

By: cj

cj — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:13:20 +0000

I would like to see y’all do their job for the low pay, long hours, short staffed and wondering which one is likely to try to kill you.

By: It's about time

It's about time — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:51:41 +0000

Finally someone is doing something to the good ole boy system. Now Mr. Crews just needs to make his presence known in our area. There has been numerous things done that has been swept underneath the rug from Captains, Lt., and other higher up to save Officers.

KUDOS to Mr. Crews and all others that aren’t afraid to uphold the oath they took many years ago. I’m all for cleaning up the system including the ones working in it. Just because someone wears BLUE doesn’t make them a bad person. Everyone of us has made bad decisions in our life time, just paid differently. And just because some of you wear BROWN/WHITE doesn’t make you any better or have more power. Treat people like you would want them to treat your family!