tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post8328226506927921436..comments2023-10-15T09:26:58.086-05:00Comments on Woodstock Advocate: Depositing money for detainees' commissary useGushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-76516575615020973502009-11-07T11:04:25.362-06:002009-11-07T11:04:25.362-06:00The following explanation was received from Dave, ...The following explanation was received from Dave, Secular Franciscan Order.<br /><br />"The Jail Ministry of McHenry County is focused on the strangers from around the world, the unknown refugees and asylum seekers fleeing from despots. They are being housed here in our County Jail by Immigration Control Enforcement pending a review of their cases to authenticate credibility of their claims. Another group are folks who were legal (some for many, many years) until the recent passage of the Patriot Act by which Geoge Bush made them illegal by the stroke of a pen. None of the souls we minister to are serving a sentence!<br /> <br />"Inmates are serving sentences and generally have local families, friends, and clergy they can turn to for support. There are a number of programs for them. So, while they are worthy of prayers and thoughtful consideration, they are not part of our jail ministry. We work with the forgotten strangers to our land."Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-53405362959495478532009-11-06T14:39:31.022-06:002009-11-06T14:39:31.022-06:00Does this ministry (see previous blog entry) or th...Does this ministry (see previous blog entry) or this option (e.g. money for an inmate) service ALL inmates or just ICE detainees? And are you in favor of this assistance for just the ICE detainees (with the broken taillights) or all inmates in the jail population? Thank you in advance for the clarifications.FatParalegalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349943157176606330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-75763171157047983942009-11-06T12:53:01.379-06:002009-11-06T12:53:01.379-06:00Yes, you are right. You're not getting this on...Yes, you are right. You're not getting this one.<br /><br />If you don't want to pay $1.60 for a 49-cent candy bar at 7-11, you can go to Wal-Mart, Jewel or Walgreen's, or wait for a sale.<br /><br />I suspect that most of the detainees are there because the car had a taillight out and a sharp-eyed deputy or cop stopped them. And so the detainee with a $2 taillight out gets arrested and locked up for 4-6 months while going through the process with ICE. Does that make sense?<br /><br />Or how about a $13/day electronic monitor?<br /><br />Yes, there are criminals locked up. And, yes, a person in this country illegally is a criminal. But somebody here 10 years who has a taillight out on his car is a different type of "criminal" that the 7-11 robber.<br /><br />I question ripping off a detainee with over-priced commissary items and exorbitant "service fees" for depositing funds to his commissary account.<br /><br />Click on the link to the internet deposit system and check out the inflated prices.Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-8240961683253556482009-11-06T12:35:05.024-06:002009-11-06T12:35:05.024-06:00Just not getting this one Gus. I have to tell you...Just not getting this one Gus. I have to tell you I'm all for us taxpayers collecting every penny we can from convicts to help pay the cost of their incarceration. I just can't find pity that we may be up-charging them too much for that extra candy bar. It's all about choice, for most of us if we don't want to pay a higher price for a convenience item we have a choice not to stop at the convenient 7-11. For this group they had the choice not to rob the 7-11.Curious1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04237552997400211587noreply@blogger.com