Let me tell you how far this will go in Knox County. Four years ago a judge ordered in a settlement agreement between the County Cemetery Commission and the County Commissioners, etal the use of work release to help clean cemeteries. To date, there has been no such help. The sheriff's office, who oversees the program refuses to help. Their excuse is we would have to bus them out there at 8:00, give them lunch, bus them back and with there required breaks and all along with the fact that we cannot provide the inmate a public restroom facility, they would probably not accomplish much. Also, nobody wants these people on their property, so let's not rock the boat. So, have at it elsewhere but we've tried it with no success. Unless, the public who votes wants their streets cleaned or Christmas lights put up, forget the help of work release. I frankly think we could tie them to a headstone like a goat and let them graze out there in the hot sun. And as far as restroom facilities, we generally use a tree. Jon Andrews >From: "Lois Mauk" <loismauk@home.com> >Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [INPCRP] House Bill 1189 >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 01:33:44 -0500 > >I've been searching through the legislation introduced this week in the >current session of the Indiana General Assembly for something addressing >our >concerns about the portability of pioneer cemeteries. Haven't found >anything yet, but the following bill caught my eye: > >House Bill 1189 > >Introduced by Representative Sturtz > >Status: 1/10/2002 -- First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary > >SUMMARY: > >County inmate work crews. Allows a county sheriff to establish an inmate >work program. Specifies inmate eligibility requirements and requires >inmates >to dress in distinctive county jail uniforms while performing work on >crews. >Allows a sheriff to require a crew to perform any work the sheriff >determines to be appropriate and of benefit to the community except for >public work (as defined in the public works projects law). >==================================== > >See http://www.state.in.us/serv/lsa_billinfo for additional info on HB >1189. > >We've had GREAT success with the use of inmate labor crews provided to us >by >Clark Co. Sheriff Mike Becher. Perhaps a statute such as this is what is >needed to encourage other Sheriffs to follow suite. > >This bill is now before the House Judiciary Committee. The members of that >committee are: > >Chair: Representative Sturtz >Vice Chair: Representative Tincher >Members: Bardon; C. Brown; Cochran; Dvorak; Frenz; Kuzman. Foley, R.M.M.; >Dumezich; Munson; Steele; Torr; Ulmer. > >in case you want to contact any of them to express your support for this >bill. See http://www.IN.gov/legislative/legislators/ for contact >information. > >Lois > > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living? > _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com