Anybody doing volunteer work

[Master]

I have actually stopped doing my voluntary work which is visit people in police custody.

I have been doing it since 1999 but the local police station where I visit is the one locking up perpetrators who may have covid 19.

Well isn’t that part of your job or do you actually do it out of kindness. We are having some bad problems in some US prisons. Certain groups are actually advocating for emptying all prisons. One warden in LA put out a warning about a possible crime wave after he was forced to release over 1,000 prisoners. Odd though, the people protesting to get back to work are nuts, the people protesting to empty the prisons don’t get much press

Volunteer work here means you do it in your spare time and do not get paid for it.

On your other separate note, we are also releasing people early from prison which are women with babies/pregnant, vulnerable to the disease and those that have 2 months to go on their sentence. This is all subject to risk and the prison's accidentally let some out that did not meet that criteria. I think they came back when asked.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...kenly-released

[walrus]

That’s cool so it’s not involved with your job. I did that a few times but it was just going to visit guys who were on my caseload who had ended up in prison. Most of the time they would bitch about how bad prison was neglecting to contemplate the stupid crimes they committed. One kicked down someone’s door in broad daylight and was walking down the street carrying a home entertainment system when the cops rolled up to see what’s up. To be fair he was wet brain and had lost all impulse control. So it was volunteer in the fact I wasn’t getting paid but I only visited guys I knew from the job.

[walrus]

I usually donate to food banks and just recently donated to the first responders fund. I don’t know exactly what they do with the first responder fund money but it’s a real charity and they only use 15% towards administrative fees so it seems ok. I went shopping Sunday at a chain place that’s known for cheap odds and ends and they had a sign out that said 2% was being added to each item you buy to distribute evenly amongst staff who have been working through this wuhan covid pandemic. You could opt out if you wished but I figured it was a cool thing to do, the employees already are getting a 2 dollar an hour pay increase for working during this shit. Mind you I only had cat food, batteries and cleaning supplies so it didn’t amount to much. I didn’t get a pay boost for working during this shit but I think it’s fair people do. Giving money is fine but I think it would be good to get a little more involved if this place gets back to me.

[Master]

Shopping today and there was a basket in there where you can donate to NHS workers. Every little helps.

Hotels have opened themselves to them so they can stay overnight, they get food delivered to hospitals for the front line workers. We even clap on Thursday to show our appreciation.