Probation

Probation or Magistrate?

These days it seems our probation office or Magistrate is a bit overloaded. I guess you could say this because so many are slipping through the cracks as far as awareness goes. Inmates in the local jail are being overlooked because the probation office isn't aware they are at the jail. There seems to be a communication breakdown somewhere and it's becoming increasinly worse. The most recent that I've heard of a female being incarcerated for 28 days and they didn't even know she was there. Luckily, she had someone helping her on the outside to get them moving on her case. It's a shame because not everyone has this option. Not all inmates have people on the outside to keep things going for them. Once incarcerated they are simply either forgotten or their people don't have any idea who to contact in regard to their particular situation. Most are being incarcerated because of bond conditions which are ridiculous and unconstitutional as it violates our rights to be treated as innocent until proven guilty. This method is guilty until proven innocent and on top of that any money, time or behavior invested or otherwise is NOT credited toward any future conviction and there may just be a good enough attorney out there to prove your innocence. This is an unfair stipulation put into place to overload our Justice system and make more money for our government. Everyone on bond conditions must pay for their own drug tests no matter how many times per week and some are even being visited by DRC members before they are even taken to arraignment to get them enrolled. I say to our local governemnt stop and think about what our forefathers set in place and what they went through to get it that way and stick to the plan these are the major rules you know? That's like taking the Ten commandments and putting your own spin on it for the changing times. It's neither moral or fair nor ours to change. There are those out there that are actually innocent no matter what your thoughts.