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14 Nov 2011, 4:08 am
Readers may recall rookie McLennan County DA Abel Reyna declaring last month to the Waco Tribune Herald that he opposed post-conviction DNA testing because it undermines jury decisions. [read post]
31 Mar 2012, 5:19 am
So many Texas counties that bet on the come - overbuilding their jails hoping to cash in on contract incarceration through public-private partnerships like this one - now must eat their losses, or rather pass them on to taxpayers. [read post]
13 Jul 2023, 6:18 pm
“Texas judge who doesn’t want to perform gay marriage ceremonies hopes web designer’s Supreme Court case helps her fight; McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsuit after a state agency warned her about refusing to marry gay couples; She hopes a recent U.S. [read post]
8 Jul 2008, 3:54 pm
Reported the Tribune-Herald ("McLennan County Sheriff Officers Association leader calls on Sheriff to oppose jail privatization," July 8):The president of the McLennan County Sheriff Officer's Association is calling for Sheriff Larry Lynch to put an end this morning to further consideration of privatizing county jail facilities. [read post]
11 Oct 2015, 9:15 pm
Lawyers for 177 Waco bikers are muzzled, but the McLennan County, Texas district attorney keeps talking, writes Tamara Tabo at Above the Law. [read post]
6 Aug 2008, 8:10 am
Just to update a topic Grits has been tracking recently, the McLennan County Commissioners voted against privatizing their local jail.UPDATE: The Texas Commission on Jail Standards meets in Austin tomorrow (Thursday, Aug. 7 - here's the agenda) and will hear an update on McLennan's appeal of a TCJS remedial order that's driving commissioners' push for expanding jail capacity.See prior, related Grits posts:Commissioner wants off jail… [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 3:07 pm
McLennan County Courthouse - worth getting on I-35 to see. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 10:14 am
The car accident took place in McLennan County, Texas. [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 5:02 pm
Chris Meister, author of "James Riely Gordon: His Courthouses and Other Public Architecture" (Texas Tech University Press 2011) will be in Waco to speak on the craftsman of the McLennan County Courthouse on March 8, 2012 5:30 p.m. [read post]
22 Nov 2005, 9:22 am
[JURIST] A federal lawsuit was filed against McLennan County, Texas [government website] Monday by three war protestors claiming that new county ordinances prohibiting roadside parking and camping interferes with their ability to gather outside President Bush's Crawford ranch. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 2:13 pm
But that also made me notice the list of other jails currently out of compliance with Texas Commission on Jail Standards regulations. [read post]
28 May 2008, 12:14 pm
According to these data from the Commission on Jail Standards (pdf), McLennan County has the second highest incarceration rate in Texas among counties with more than 200,000 people, incarcerating more than 4 people per 1,000 residents. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 8:14 am
Yesterday I'd written about the ugly finances underlying the all-but-empty Jack Harwell Detention Center in McLennan County, and it made me realize that right now there are quite a few jail and prison facilities out there - many owned by counties - that overbuilt banking on ever-growing inmate populations that haven't materialized and now appear unlikely.Here's the list of private or public-private jails or prisons I could come up with off the top of my head… [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 6:00 am
The court found the child had resided in McLennan County for at least 6 months before the enforcement action was filed. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 9:26 am
Why would the number be so much higher in McLennan? [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 8:30 am
CHALK BLUFF, TX — Officers from McLennan County have not confirmed the name of the young boy that was hurt in a serious accident that happened in Chalk Bluff, Texas on Thursday, July 9th, 2015. [read post]
15 Aug 2008, 6:56 am
Yesterday I mentioned that McLennan County is lurching toward building a private local jail in Waco in the face of strident opposition, and now I find news of a group in Nacogdoches gearing up to oppose a private prison there that's also backed by local leadership. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 9:08 pm
McLennan County jail records show Michael Corsey of Waco was being held Saturday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 4:37 am
" Here's an unmentioned paradox: In Texas, with the lingering exception of Tarrant County, our urban District Attorneys are almost all Democrats promoting reform ideas. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 8:30 pm
According to the Waco Tribune Herald:About 130 jobs will be eliminated from the McLennan County State Juvenile Correctional Facility in Mart after the Texas Youth Commission has a third round of staff reductions to respond to a drop in the number of youths incarcerated. [read post]
