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26 Jan 2013, 8:25 am
Topping the list of potential Texas prison closures is the Dawson State Jail, a high-rise building on the bank of the Trinity River in downtown Dallas. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 3:58 pm
Emily DePrang at the Texas Observer says the question shouldn't be whether the Dawson State Jail in Dallas should be closed, but why in the world, given its shoddy record, the Texas Legislature would consider keeping the privately run prison unit open? [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 1:12 pm
There are quite a few reasons to close the Dawson State Jail in Dallas. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 5:17 pm
Reported the Dallas News:City and state officials are in talks about the future of the recently shuttered Dawson State Jail, which Dallas leaders have long eyed as a crucial spot for Trinity River Corridor Project development. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 5:11 am
Baltimore resident George Dawson III was injured and charged with reckless driving in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 495 in Fairfax County early on July 29, according to a Fairfax County Times article.The crash occurred in the westbound lanes of the inner loop of I-495 west of Exit 174/Eisenhower AvenueAccording to Virginia State Police, Mr. [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 6:23 am
Robert Wilonsky at the Dallas Observer reports that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has renewed the contract with Corrrections Corporation of America to operate the Dawson State Jail in Dallas for the next seven years.I'd considered Dawson a good candidate for potential closure because it's located in an area where the city has proposed a major redevelopment project and the local chamber of commerce types wanted it gone. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 10:44 am
Here are links to a number of recent items from Texas Prison Bidness which deserve Grits readers' attention:Jury awards $2.25 million to family of man who died at LCS' Brooks County Detention CenterStudy: As Liberty County reduces jail population, ending privatization saves money (see a related, recent Grits post)Sexual abuse allegations at CEC's Liberty County JailDeaths at Dawson State Jail investigated by Dallas news stationSixth escape at… [read post]
30 Jan 2016, 9:14 am
All four are operated by Corrections Corporation of America:Bartlett State Jail (1,049 beds)Bradshaw State Jail (1,980 beds)Lindsey State Jail (1,031 beds)Willacy State Jail (1,069 beds)The other private units with contracts up next year don't amount to much, capacity-wise, so future prison closures beyond the state-jail system likely should extend to state-run units. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 9:18 am
The Dawson state jail is in the district of soon-to-be-former state Rep. [read post]
12 Jun 2013, 3:54 am
It's official: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will shutter two prison units operated by Corrections Corporation of America - the Dawson State Jail in Dallas and the Mineral Wells pre-parole transfer facility - for a two-year savings of $97 million. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 2:51 pm
Via Texas Prison Bidness:#1: Closure of Dawson State Jail and Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility#2: City of McAllen rejects GEO Group prison for immigrants#3: The campaign to expose and close the Polk Detention Center#4: Two North Texas counties stand tall, reject jail privatization#5: Troubles persist at McLennan County's speculatively built private jailRELATED: See Grits' list of the Top Ten Texas Criminal Justice Stories of 2013. [read post]
11 Jul 2010, 7:02 am
That would also reduce mounting pressure on state-jail populations, possibly allowing closure of the Dawson State Jail facility in Dallas to make way for a city-backed development (which is about as close as anybody's come to calling for closing state jails per se).On the flip side, such a change would also adjust penalties upward for certain petty offenders and at a minimum, as Sen. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 6:03 am
Check them out here:#1 - Momentum Builds To Close CCA's Dawson State Jail #2 - GEO Group Loses Bid to Expand Mental Health Care Operations, Take Over Kerrville State Hospital #3 - CCA Offers To Buy State Prisons in Return for 90% Occupancy Guarantee, Gets Rejected #4 - Conditions at Two Texas Detention Centers Highlighted In "Expose and Close" Campaign #5 - Momentum Grows Against Private Prisons Nationally #6 - The Ballad of… [read post]
9 Jun 2013, 6:40 am
The Dawson State Jail is the other prime target for closure but the final say is up to TDCJ's board. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 2:04 pm
The Unlawful Criminal Instrument case is punishable from 180 days to 2 years in the Texas State Jail, which would be served day-for-day. [read post]
28 Apr 2013, 8:19 am
Turner, ZerwasSenate: Williams, Duncan, Hinojosa, Nelson, WhitmireSurprising opposition has arisen in the House to closing the Dawson State Jail and the pre-parole facility in Mineral Wells, as the Senate has suggested. [read post]
9 Nov 2012, 10:34 am
Dawson Farms v. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 10:16 am
District Judge Kent Dawson that he grabbed a female co-worker in a jury restroom and then would not let her leave. [read post]
9 Nov 2012, 10:34 am
Dawson Farms v. [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 10:58 am
As we pointed out in our lawsuit, Dawson v. [read post]
