Citing the weak economy as a reason for an increase in crime seems like a reasonable thing to do. However, what exactly do you know as a citizen of Florida and of Miami-Dade County about the arrests and release of inmates back on the streets? The information is posted online and I think it would raise the hair on the back of your neck! The State of Florida has a corrections site that will provide you with all sorts of information and reports. This morning’s search of inmates released or slated to be released to Miami-Dade County for a 3 month period (ending June 29th), produced a list of 571 names: That is almost 200 a month. If you know anything about gangs and tattoos, you can look at the list of tats and know which inmates have gang associations. Trust me, you are about to gain neighbors that have been incarcerated and have not had job training while in prison. Well, actually, the career training they received is more along the lines of how to do what they did better.
We are releasing individuals out in the community in bad economic times with no job skills and without legal means of earning money. If you read the records (and you should) of these inmates, you will see a common thread: drugs, guns, robbery and grand larceny.
What does the future hold for them? What does the future hold for us, the people they will encounter on a daily basis?
As our economy tanks and as our politicians cut taxes, non-profit social services and slash police over-time for proactive prevention, can we expect a safe happy life for the residents in the community and have productive ex-offenders? Your guess is as good as mine. However, I know one thing; I would not be out at Governor Crist’s casinos betting on it!
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What you would also have noticed is that the average educational level is around that of a 6th grader and that there's been little done to provide them job skills.
I would also guess that at least 45% of them have a mental disorder or co-occurring disorders.
The older thy are the more likely they also realize that they have squandered their youth and want to change. What is there for them in services? Do we want to keep warehousing them at taxpayers expense?
I heard of three thefts last week. All of tools and construction equipment. All stolen during the day and all stolen from trucks. I heard a welder had a $800 welding machine stolen off his truck while he was inside a warehouse fixing a door. Crime is getting much worse as more people are laid off and perhaps as more criminals are released from jail.
Look at the the dates and you will see some of them were stealing from construction sites during the height of the boom. That is how they got there.
i watching the daily arrests in Sarasota for years (snow bird in Sarasota) and every month they daily arrests are getting longer and longer
http://www.sarasotasheriff.org/arrests.asp
many are for robbery
some of them are coming over here and committing the crime and heading back over there. our neighbors have had several Tampa area bad guys id'd , but they cannot find them over here. they must have gone back to your side of the state.
It drives me crazy to think that we are cutting jobs that are sustainable (teachers, policeman, fire fighters) and then looking for make-work projects that we may or may not need. It is so unfortunate, and I am saddened to think that these are the people who really put themselves out there, and for a meager salary. Life is not fair. I wonder if they will get jobs in the construction industry building houses that fire fighters and policement cannot reach with good response times? Maybe we should have a volunteer police and fire departments. We could deputize some of the inmates. After all, they need jobs.
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