Hide and Seek

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has announced that it can't locate approximately 3,000 ex-inmates who have been paroled. The Houston Chronicle reports that the missing parolees include burglars, armed robbers, and murderers.

They may be living in the area, officials acknowledge. Unless arrested in a different case or stopped for a traffic violation, they stand a good chance of eluding capture.

State parole officials issued arrest warrants, and the information was passed on to local law enforcement officers.

Unfortunately, parole violations usually result in a mere slap on the hand, although some officials feel the cases should be handled similar to jail breaks or prison escapes.

This is another example of the government pissing away money and still not doing the job and more support for my contention that bureaucracies, in general, and government bureaucracies, in particular, are bastions of ineptitude.

Thanks to WorldNetDaily.