jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Oct 4 15:52:10 CDT 2011
:) Nothing whatsoever to do with my attitude today but I watched Wall-e with my son last night. What a cute movie! John W. Colby Colby Consulting On 10/4/2011 4:47 PM, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > John, > I support what you are doing. It IS our problem! We DO have to help! We really are all in this > together and we don't have another planet to move to. > Keep on keeping on! > T > > Tina Norris Fields > tinanfields at torchlake.com > 231-322-2787 > > > On 10/4/2011 4:06 PM, jwcolby wrote: >> Brad, >> >> > Because of the high cost of incarcerating criminals, people who visit prisoners may be saving a >> lot of money for tax-payers and not even be aware of this factor. >> >> I have to tell you that a certain right wing political party who happens to control politics in >> the state of NC is slashing all spending on inmates, anything having to do with rehabilitation, >> and cold bloodedly expecting volunteers to pick up the costs. They attempted to cut every single >> chaplain position, managed to cut 1/2 of them, and will go after the remaining positions in the >> next budget. Cut funding for re-entry programs which attempt to help inmates acquire the skills to >> exist outside of prison. >> >> Basically their attitude is that it is not the government's business to help people. PERIOD. >> >> House knocked down by a tornado? Not My Problem. Floods in the northeast? NMP. Oil spill killing >> the gulf? NMP. Inmates handed $45 when they get out and pointed at the nearest store to rob? NMP. >> Well... unless I own the store of course... let me check... Nope, not my store, NMP. >> >> Unfortunately it is no longer the people's job to help people either. Well, I'm white so maybe >> I'll help the white folk. But not right now because there's a college football game on... >> >> Sigh. >> >> I take care of myself and my family. Maaaaaybe my mom, if she was nice to me and will put me in >> her will. Beyond that, if you are starving and have to die, please do so somewhere where I do not >> have to clean up the mess. Because of course it is not the government's business to clean up dead >> people either (and I ain't gonna do it!). ;) >> >> I can hear the snickers hitting poor John's inbox, ping, ping, ping... Oddly, the sound does my >> heart good! :):):) >> >> In the meantime, in about 2 hours I will be headed to the prison, because it is my problem. A self >> imposed problem perhaps, but mine none the less. >> >> ping, ping, ping. :) >> >> :) >> >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> >> On 10/4/2011 2:23 PM, Brad Marks wrote: >>> John, >>> >>> On several of your posts here on AccessD, you mentioned volunteer work >>> that you help with involving prisoners. >>> >>> Yesterday, I caught the tail-end of a program on Minnesota Public Radio >>> regarding a recent study that was conducted regarding the statistics of >>> prisoners getting into trouble again after they are released. I believe >>> that they said that the number 1 factor of whether a prisoner breaks the >>> law or not after being released is the number of visitors that they had >>> while in prison. (The more visitors they had while in prison, resulted >>> in much fewer repeat offenders). >>> >>> Because of the high cost of incarcerating criminals, people who visit >>> prisoners may be saving a lot of money for tax-payers and not even be >>> aware of this factor. >>> >>> I will try to see if this program is on the MPR website. If I find it, >>> I will email the link to you. Pretty interesting. >>> >>> Keep up the good work! >>> >>> Brad >>> >>>