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4 Oct 2007, 1:08 am
On Sunday the Longview News Journal reported that the Smith County Sheriff and Tyler Police Department will not allow their officers to use new discretion to give citations instead of arrest for low-level, non-violent offenders - the only bill passed at the Texas Legislature in 2007 aimed at reducing jail overcrowding. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 3:19 am
Here's a section from the National Institute of Corrections consultants' report (pdf, pp. 16-17) on the Nacogdoches County Jail that could be written about most local jail systems in Texas:Officials are consumed with the task of disposing of cases. [read post]
30 Sep 2007, 11:56 pm
The feds have the same problem as adult prisons and small-town county jails. [read post]
29 Sep 2007, 12:35 am
In Nacogdoches recently in Deep East Texas, the Daily Sentinel asked in a non-scientific web poll what should be done about that county's overcrowded jail. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 10:17 am
The USDOJ consultants giving advice on Nacogdoches County Jail overcrowding have produced their report (pdf) which looks excellent (and not just because Grits is mentioned in the footnotes). [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 12:12 am
"Nacogdoches and other small towns, just like Texas' big cities, are running up against the pragmatic limits of politicized "tuff on crime" stances by their officials. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 5:27 am
Elsewhere in Texas, Nacogdoches inmates bring in $900 per day in revenue to Gregg County, but obviously costs Nacogdoches taxpayers the same amount.Meanwhile, California plans to send 8,000 prisoners out of state in the next few years despite four recent inmate deaths in out of state contract facilities - given trends in private capacity, I'll bet a lot of those wind up in Texas.It's also becoming increasing clear based on the incidents at Geo units… [read post]
21 Apr 2007, 5:58 am
Right now the Department of Public Safety manages all wiretaps statewide, and given the low volume involved - and the fact that most big city PDs aren't using wiretaps - it doesn't make a lot of sense to create redundant capacity at these six agencies.Here are the last several years' statistics reported to the Department of Justice about Texas wiretapping:Wiretapping in Texas(1998 - 2005) Year No. of Wiretaps … [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 4:54 am
Here's the key thing to remember: Like most Texas counties with overcrowded jails, most inmates in Brazos County haven't been convicted yet, they're sitting around waiting to go to trial. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 4:01 pm
(Serving low-income individuals in Eastern Texas area. [read post]
26 Dec 2006, 11:27 pm
Does Nacogdoches need to expand its county jail? [read post]
