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20 Nov 2011, 10:49 am
“McLennan County would probably need another felony district court to just handle (testing) motions. [read post]
8 May 2023, 12:31 pm
Chris Spendlove is an associate district attorney for McLennan County and a recent Baylor Law School graduate. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 7:31 am
McLennan County seeks profit over public safety with privatization schemesGrayson County Judge pushing irresponsible jail building scheme [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 7:28 am
While I was away, most Texas counties approved their annual budgets and one of the big criminal justice growth areas in recent years for many of them has been rising indigent defense costs - a function of increased state regulation and the fact that the number of new cases has continued to rise (inexplicably) despite crime declining across the state.In 2009, Texas counties spent a total of $186,307,540 on indigent defense, more than a 109% increase from 2001 when… [read post]
1 Sep 2018, 11:00 am
He's hoping, like the rest of us, that McLennan County voters have selected a rational, grown-up person to run the department and is willing to wait to see. [read post]
27 May 2007, 3:42 am
Collier brenda@collierlaw.comUPDATE: The whistleblower plaintiff was allegedly terminated for testifying to the Texas Legislature about McLennan jail health problems! [read post]
6 May 2010, 8:35 am
Too many counties are already stuck with such arrangements, at least for a while, but given current market conditions and iconic failures like the new McLennan jail, it'd be foolhardy for others to replicate their mistakes.RELATED: From Texas Prison Bidness, "CEC's Jack Harwell detention center in Waco sits empty. [read post]
4 Feb 2019, 5:25 am
Right now, there is bail litigation only in three Texas counties, but change is needed everywhere. [read post]
14 Feb 2018, 2:29 am
His blood was drawn at the McLennan County Jail, but before the results came back he agreed to a breath test and it revealed a BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) of 0.112. [read post]
14 Feb 2018, 2:29 am
His blood was drawn at the McLennan County Jail, but before the results came back he agreed to a breath test and it revealed a BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) of 0.112. [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 12:51 pm
The Austin-based Texas Civil Rights Project has filed suit against the McLennan County jail to stop its practice of strip searching inmates. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 7:31 am
Last week the blog Texas Prison Bidness gave us their list of the top 5 private prison stories in 2011:1. [read post]
11 Aug 2008, 6:11 pm
Questions Remain About Conditions for Texas Detainees Evacuated After Hurricane DollyNo New Private Jail in McLennan County: Will County Take Back CEC/Civigenics JailWaco Tribune Editorializes Against New JailRelatedly, a couple of readers emailed to ask what happened to the links to other blogs in Grits sidebar. [read post]
14 Jan 2015, 5:39 am
So it's worth mentioning that Kerr County in May will hold the first significant Texas jail bond vote in several election cycles in order to expand local jail capacity by 75 percent. [read post]
23 Feb 2013, 7:51 am
Shooting hogs form helicopters is still okay.Harris County won't privatize jailToo much risk and uncertain savings. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 11:18 am
The blog Texas Prison Bidness brings word that ICE has sent 200 detainees to the vacant wing of the McLennan County Jail operated by LaSalle Corrections (see more on them). [read post]
24 Apr 2010, 4:55 am
The McLennan County Public Facility Corp., a seven-member board including the commissioners court, issued the bonds in 2009. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 9:31 am
The Tribune-Herald also requested data from six other Texas counties of similar size for comparison purposes. [read post]
4 Sep 2011, 2:59 am
As has, hopefully, the "jail as profit center" myth among Texas county commissioners.See related Grits posts:Private prison bubble bursting: Empty, speculative jails in Texas Privatizing Harris County Jail would save money by cutting guard pay, benefits Jailing for profit spurs inmate releases in two Texas counties When fewer inmates is a big problem: Perverse incentives at the McLennan County Jail Jones… [read post]
1 Mar 2015, 10:51 am
" That's a bit of fanciful thinking of which I'm sure the good folks in McLennan County could dissuade them, if anyone has ears to listen. [read post]
