FROM CAR WASHERS TO AUTO MECHANICS - YOU CAN GET IT DONE AT THE COUNTY JAILS!
The Insite spotted some inmates or detainees - depending on their legal disposition, working in Harris and Galveston counties over the last couple of weeks. What I noticed was they weren't making license plates but they were doing other types of jobs. At Harris County they wash cars for Sheriff's department employees on certain days. I asked one jail official who said on Fridays the women detainees clean the units of deputies. While I was in Galveston county recently I noticed inmates in the middle of the week working on cars. They served as mechanics there. I didn't have a chance to talk with anyone from the county because I was interviewing folk at the Police department. But the question I have is do you think it's a good idea to use inmates for this kind of work? Do they have the perfect opportunity to escape while being allowed to roam so freely around the jails? Also do you think those who are awaiting trial should be allowed to do such work or should the sheriff's department wait until they've been adjudicated? The Insite would love to hear your opinion!
Most of them are assessed when they are processed into jail, and outside workers are the lowest risk. Yes, some have escaped, or tried, but were quickly recaptured. It doesn't cost taxpayers a dime and gives them something to do other than sit around a cell or a pod. And, they do much more than just wash cars or turn wrenches. In Harris Co., most workers have already been sentenced.....
ReplyDeleteYou should look at the "slave labor" program over at the HC Probation Department. They call it "Community Service" except they don't have probationers work on community or public projects, they have to work for all sorts of private organizations doing their labor intensive tasks.
ReplyDeleteIf you know a judge, he can hook you up with free labor.
Look, read the 14th Ammendment, slavery abolished except in the case of prison... Explains why so many black men were placed in prison shortly following "reconstruction" Anyway... they should be doing something.
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