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13 Nov 2015, 6:15 pm
Dallas County Sheriff No Longer Holds Non-Citizen Inmates for 48 Hours This past September, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez said her office would no longer honor every ICE requests to hold non-citizens for 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, past their release dates. [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 9:31 am
Among the 14 attendees at the Mayorkas meeting was Juanita Valdez-Cox, Executive Director of La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), an affiliate of the influential National Council of La Raza (NCLR), which changed its name to a less divisive UnidosUS. [read post]
11 Dec 2006, 9:39 pm
If Dallas county commissioners and Sheriff Lupe Valdez are wise, they'll hustle to spend what's necessary to fix the problem BEFORE that happens to them.UPDATE: See the Dallas News coverage. [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 9:08 am
Inevitably these criticisms of the jail will be thrown into the political fire this fall, and rightly so, though I'm not sure Republican Lowell Cannady would do any better - he's a former Dallas police supervisor and Irving police chief who's never worked in a jail and brings no experience in correctional health to the table.It's little secret that Dallas County Republicans view Sheriff Lupe Valdez as the weakest down-ballot candidate they have a chance to… [read post]
Feds sue over Dallas jail healthcare: 'If people treated animals this way, they would be prosecuted'
14 Sep 2007, 5:32 am
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the federal government contends Dallas County and Sheriff Lupe Valdez have known about problems at the jail for some time but have failed to address them adequately. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 9:35 am
Sheriff Lupe Valdez, who is running for re-election, says she has no plans to change the current arrangement in which a couple of ICE agents periodically visit the Lew Sterrett Justice Center to question inmates. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 4:12 pm
Strips State Grant Funding from Sanctuary City Sheriffs: Following an order by Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez to scale back on honoring detainers from U.S. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 7:04 am
The blade is supposed to be picked up after it is used, said Kim Leach, spokeswoman for Sheriff Lupe Valdez. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 6:25 am
But the odious economics of jail phone calls, which bleed profit from already-strained families of offenders, are reason enough to overturn the system.My unsolicited advice to Sheriff Lupe Valdez and the Dallas County Commissioners: Ditch the collect call scheme for local calls entirely and let's everybody - both the county and the phone company - stop mulcting families of inmates for the privilege keeping in touch with their loved ones.And my unsolicited writing advice to… [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 11:45 am
Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez also recently questioned the relative physical fitness of area constables.This blog has long held that it's unwise and wasteful for constables to take on everyday policing duties normally performed by municipal police and sheriffs' deputies. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 6:40 am
After all, they can get a $10,000 signing bonus and actual training going to work for the Dallas PD.Granted, Sheriff Lupe Valdez is in a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 2:47 am
In addition, here's a report from a meeting of 75 prison ministry volunteers at a church in Henderson near the new facility.Dallas Sheriff: 'Jail Flaws Not My Fault'Unhappy with the coverage she's received in the Dallas Morning News, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez gave a lengthy interview with the Dallas Voice to explain her side of why problems at the Dallas County Jail haven't been fixed. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 11:08 pm
For example, "Sheriff Lupe Valdez said she would support a resign-to-run policy for her department," reported Krause. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 9:35 am
Sheriff Lupe Valdez, who is running for re-election, says she has no plans to change the current arrangement in which a couple of ICE agents periodically visit the Lew Sterrett Justice Center to question inmates. [read post]
23 Nov 2007, 11:55 pm
I wanted to reference readers to several important Texas jail-related news items I noticed recently:Dallas Sheriff to commissioners court: Jail labor isn't freeDallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez responds to criticisms that her jail is too generous giving low-level offenders good time credit, declaring the policy was in place long before she got there, and that she'd be happy to change it if county commissioners (one of whom, Kenneth Mayfield, was the main critic of the… [read post]
2 Feb 2007, 7:14 am
"Not quite 'heroes': Andrew McCarthy at the National Review explains why the two Texas Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting an unarmed drug smuggler in the back while he was fleeing deserved jail.Dallas County Jail Crisis: DallasBlog updates us on the challenges facing Sheriff Lupe Valdez in reforming the "Chamber of Horrors" that is the Dallas County Jail.AG says TDCJ can test inmates for HIV if it chooses. [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 9:25 am
I'm also afraid that's what will happen with President Bush's proposed funding for Mexican law enforcement.Finally, in the honorable mention category, I suggested that in 2007, "Dallas Dems must now put up or shut up on criminal justice," arguing specifically that Sheriff Lupe Valdez and new DA Craig Watkins in Dallas County must each step up to solve problems they inherited from their predecessors. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 2:08 am
He was Bexar's jail administrator for years, an ADA before that, and few people in the state IMO understand the dynamics and possible solutions for local jail overcrowding better than he does.Dallas Sheriff: Incumbent Lupe Valdez prevailed easily over three primary challengers, while two septuagenarian Republicans are headed into a runoff, including former Sheriff Jim Bowles who left under a cloud of commissary-related corruption charges. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 2:18 pm
The story opens:Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez said Tuesday that she will soon begin charging certain jail inmates for their basic medical expenses, a practice common in some other states and a few Texas counties.Valdez said Tuesday that within six months she will implement the plan to charge inmates a medical co-payment by tapping money in their commissary accounts, which they use to buy such items as toiletries and snacks. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 2:32 am
This summer, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was all in favor of the new RIGHT Program. [read post]
