Others paying the price for Epstein misdeeds
We see it happen all the time. After a high-profile misdeed happens, politicians implement a knee-jerk reaction that doesn’t punish the wrongdoer but punishes those having nothing to do with his or her misdeeds.
Friday night, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw put a stop to the inmate work release program pending further review.
According to the Sun-Sentinel, “Epstein spent 13 months in the county stockade during 2008-2009 as part of a once-secret plea deal widely criticized as being too lenient. About 3½ months into his sentence, Epstein was allowed to spend up to 12 hours a day, six days a week, working out of a downtown West Palm Beach office.”
The are assigning a 32-member panel to investigate.
Really Palm Beach County?!?!? You need to waste time and money on a 32-member panel to try and figure out what happened? The world knows what happened! The wealthy and politically connected use their resources to get preferential treatment. That’s how the criminal justice system works in the United States. In this case, Epstein paid the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office $128,000 during the time he was locked up there.
So now other inmates will be punished because of this?
The US Department of Justice – National Institute of Justice states, “The goal of the Florida Work Release program is to improve the recidivism outcomes of individuals reentering society from prison. The program provides a structured reentry environment to allow incarcerated persons nearing the end of their sentences to work regular jobs in the community. This program aims to help individuals arrive at their release dates with jobs and some savings.”
UNFAIR!
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He’s probably buddies with Ron Book .
This is how it always works. The rich and powerful screw up and the little guy is the whipping boy. Remember in old England? The royal children had a whipping boy, meaning some little peasant boy who was the one to get whipped for their misbehavior. Why wouldn’t the royal children ever just act up to see their whipping boy get it again?
Please let’s look at this without rose colored glasses.
“GET PRIVATE MONEY OUT OF CAMPAIGNS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE “!
Level the playing field.
Who was sheriff in palm beach county during his incarceration?
The same one as is there now.
Bradshaw
The same corrupt POS there now of course!
What I want to know was how the f#$& was he eligible for any kind of work release ? When I did 8.5 years on a 10 year prison sentence and was told at both the county and state levels that with ANY kind of sex charges you were NOT eligible for trusted status or any kind of work release.
this post answers your question. Had you donated $130,000 to the sheriff, you might have gotten better treatment.
When I was in state prison in Florida (until 2016) I was told repeatedly by administration (over the course of a decade) that sex offenders are ineligible for work release, in all instances.
I was also told that I was ineligible for the 3 paying jobs in the Florida prison system: staff canteen operator, inmate canteen operator and PRIDE industries.
(The people who need to earn money the most are barred from earning, while the people who still have family resources – their people send them money every month, and they get weekly visits – are practically coddled with opportunities to earn).
Update from a Florida Prisoner
This is an excerpt from an email I received this morning: (names have been changed)
“…first the devastating news. they took all the tutors, clerks and aides who are sex offenders out of education/vocation. me, John Smith (who I had been training for the last 3 months as my replacement), Jack Dawson (our most senior and experienced clerk and classroom manager), Jim Jones (our computer geek/programmer), and Jason Newman. ( that’s more than 35 years of cumulative experience working in adult education). and any other SO who was not in a student position. it’s the old sex offenders can’t work as clerks or aides with education/vocational staff. it’s ridiculously hypocritical. … ”
And yet Jeffrey Epstein got frigging work release?????????
In which prison is this?
Not too sure which prison the respondent above is referring to, but I do know that Avon Park C.I. got rid of all the same in their classrooms as well as the PRIDE unit in late 2016. Don’t know if it has changed since then.
I was in avon park from 2011 to 2014 and worked at pride tire. I know one of the females at the tire place kept pushing to get all offenders out of there. Sadly I see she got her wish,its sad when people mess up and try to better themselves like every other inmate but get denied the chance even on the inside to better themselves.
13-month sentence? i think that should have been done in prison as it was over 12
13 month jail sentence with a work release program???? What happened to 25 years in prison for his crimes? Money talks!!
Someone forgot to mention that anyone with an escape charge or a sex charge ANYWHERE in their past is ineligible for Florida Department of Corrections work release program. Second, when one considers the fact that FDC gets close to 60% of the inmates weekly paycheck as ” room and board”, the inmate doesn’t stand a chance of getting enough money to start his life when he gets out 8 months later.