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Posted on May 15 at 11:37 a.m.
Years ago, I knew a grown woman in Pascagoula, MS, a mother of 3 children, who did the very same thing...she attempted to sneak marajuana into jail to her own son. She too got caught. She was arrested and sentenced to serve time in prison. I can't remember just how long she served, but it was her first offense. Jessica could be in very serious trouble.
Posted on May 15 at 10:55 a.m.
Jessica may not be using drugs at all, I wouldn't know, but taking drugs to someone in jail at least suggests that she may be an enabler and easily influenced.
My suggestion of Al-Anon was for Lynne, which I believed would help her to deal with her own feelings, because she stated several times in the above comments that she is feeling low. I believe that being around other people who have gone through the same type of problem would help Lynne and perhaps eventually even Jessica.
Posted on May 15 at 12:46 a.m.
irishspring, Al-Anon is a support group for family members of addicts/alcoholics...just thought you should know. They help family members deal with their own feelings of guilt and give them guidance tips in what to expect. They explain to them about addictions in order to help them understand the addict. They will more than likely explain that addiction can happen in any family with or without two parents living together in the home; in good families, and in disfunctional families. You might be surprised who all could become addicted and even without illegal drugs. It's not always the child, sometimes it's the parent that becomes an addict. Sometimes, the child is the one who needs to attend Al-Anon to get support on how to deal with their parent. I know several people who go to Al-Anon and several who go to Alcoholics Anonymous. Both of those programs have been a life saver to many. Sometimes it helps just knowing that someone else has been through what you're going through and knows how you feel.
Actually, I don't know those Emfingers, but I did know there were some Emfingers living in Natchez and I have known some in the past.
Posted on May 15 at 12:27 a.m.
I didn't read this again until just now, so here I am a little late in responding to you concernedrn. You are wrong in your statement about IP employees not having degrees or 4 years of schooling. Some of the IP employees hired in after completing college and accepted positions in production and worked hard in a laborous position, because they didn't have very much other employment choices that allowed them to stay in Natchez. Some employees, after working in production, were accepted into the maintenance program which required them to take classes which lasted about 4 years, as part of their on the job training. After they completed those 4 years of classes, they received a journeyman in maintenance. Some IP employees also attended classes at CoLin and received an AD. IP had a very good tuition reimbursement program. Even the employees that already had gone through a 4 year apprenticeship program had to go through IP's maintenance apprenticeship program for 4 more years. So, I just wanted you to know that some of those IP employees had more years of schooling than you would have gone through to receive an RN. And, when IP closed many of those IP employees were making more an hour than you are now.
In other words gurl, life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get.
Posted on May 14 at 11:37 p.m.
Lynne, If Jessica hasn't ever been in jail before this, I hope you know that those collect calls from jail are very expensive. If I were you, I wouldn't accept them. I would write her a letter and explain why I wouldn't accept the calls, and send her a stamped self addressed envelope and a sheet of paper. Also, in the letter, I would tell her that when she got ready to go into an inpatient facility for help, I would consider getting her out of jail. I heard there was a good treatment center around Brookhaven or McComb. But first thing, I would do is find an Alanon group to join for support. I know there are several of those around Natchez and Vidalia. Those folks have been through it already and can give you good advice which will help you to hold your head up and find the strength to do what you are gonna need to do for Jessica.
I agree that you should pray. Pray for God to surround her with his holy angels, and ask for them to minister to her, and guide her in the right direction. Pray and ask for peace in your own heart. God loves you and Jessica. He became human just so he could experience birth, life, temptation, and death...in order to better understand his favorite creation. While you can't always depend on man, you can depend on God. Reach out to God and tell him that you need a miracle and then trust him to provide that miracle for you and your daughter.
Posted on May 14 at 10:56 p.m.
LOL, dang, you got me good right there. That was funny, I don't care who you are.
Posted on May 14 at 10:36 p.m.
Actually Howard does have some good ideas.
Build a trade school inside the prison to teach the inmates a skill. Get jobs from the outside that they can do on the inside with the trade they learn in trade school. Offer them academic classes, as well, and even allow them to obtain a GED or college credits. Have them plant and grow their own food. Hire ex Marine Sargeants to discipline and train them the same as a soldier is trained, with the exception of weaponry. Have the trumpet wake them up the same time that young marines in boot camp are awakened to and make them run and do the same excercise as soldiers in training. Pay them minimum wage and have them purchase their food, haircuts, clothes, toiletries, linens, towels; whatever they need, just the same as a soldier. This will teach them to become self sufficient by giving them gardening skills, trade skills, and money management. And most important, make them serve their whole time so they wont want to return. Why should an inmates life be easier than a soldier who serves his country? The soldier has to pay for his necessities and so should the inmate.
Posted on May 14 at 12:02 p.m.
That's the problem destiny, the prisoners aren't being kept locked behind the walls "or fence" in some cases. The prisoners are being exploited as slave labor by allowing them out early into work release programs for low wages instead of companies hiring law abiding citizens for a decent wage. When companies don't care who they hire, as long as they will work cheap, that makes it hard on law abiding legal citizens to find work at a decent wage. How can one feel safe knowing that prisoners are out working, and as you know "escaping", instead of serving their whole time inside? In the future, will it be that more folks will turn to crime, become a prisoner, and get that number tatoo (666), in order to secure a job to feed their family?
Thank you for that link enkikur. I read the first few lines which is similar to my own thoughts about prisons and work release programs, and I will read the whole site when I have more time.
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Posted on May 15 at 12:02 p.m.
freedom, if prisoners were required to purchase what they needed, it wouldn't take long before their empty stomach would cause learning a trade to become desirable. You could give them a choice...bread and water, or steak.
Anyways, it was just my opinion to make prisons more self sufficient and less taxing on law abiding citizens. I was simply trying to offer a solution instead of complaining that housing inmates is so expensive to the tax payers.
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