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8 Sep 2009, 3:38 am
Smith's staff said he was worn out by the events since Sunday and could only be reached by e-mail. [read post]
9 Sep 2008, 4:53 pm
Kevin Krause at the Dallas News Crime Blog reports that the new Dallas County budget includes provisions to close one of the county's five jails to save money on staffing costs.This should be a cautionary tale for communities like Smith County (Tyler) to the East of Dallas or McLennan (Waco) to the South which hope to solve overcrowding problems by expanding capacity. [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 7:16 am
Former-President Donald Trump surrendered at the Fulton County jail... [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 4:54 am
Several jail related items caught my eye recently, beginning with this Austin Chronicle story from Jordan Smith published yesterday reporting that:Travis County has seen a dramatic drop in its jail population, following a national trend showing local jail populations dropping over the last year for the first time in more than a decade, according to stats released last week by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 5:41 am
Reported KSAT-TV:While collective bargaining negotiations between the county and sheriffs deputies are on hold for now, county commissioners are expected to adopt a 2012 budget on Tuesday that would reduce the county jail detention staff by 100 positions.Bexar County Manager David Smith said the county originally called for 128 positions to be dissolved through attrition, but after an extra $6 million in revenue was found, the… [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 6:51 am
Reported the SA Express-News ("State says jail needs additional staff," Feb. 1):A staffing analysis of Bexar County Jail, recently completed by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, supports Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz's contention that the jail is understaffed, officials said in a news conference Tuesday.To meet state standards, 801 jailers are required for the jail's current population of about 3,600 inmates, according to the… [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 11:08 pm
Smith County Texas locks up it's citizens at about twice the rate of the state's average. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 6:11 pm
Tarrant County Commissioners voted 4-0 to pay $15,000 to Brenda Smith, the mother of Santana Smith, a 34-year-old Fort Worth construction worker who died on October 26, 2007 while an inmate in the Tarrant County Jail. [read post]
21 Feb 2009, 10:52 am
A licensed practical nurse employed by SNR Medical Services, a third-party contractor for medical services for the Madison County Jail, was attacked by an inmate on Thursday. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 11:10 am
Perhaps a few dozen other agencies around the state, big and small, are using it, too.Law enforcement organizations in Harris, Bexar and Smith counties, by contrast, along with many others, also face serious jail overcrowding dilemmas, but local officials have refused to allow expanded use of citations to relieve the burden. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 7:39 am
As of October 1, Smith County had 628 county prisoners in the jail and leased 107 beds from other counties, but their jail capacity is 755 inmates. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 5:25 am
Smith, 39, was booked at Miami-Dade County Jail on charges of leaving the scene of crash with an injury, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, having an expired drivers license, and habitually driving with a suspended license. [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 8:25 am
On June 1st, Circuit Court Judge Leah Case sentenced a 43-year-old Volusia County man to 15 years in jail for the death of a motorcyclist. [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 7:19 am
In Smith v. [read post]
23 Nov 2007, 11:55 pm
Personally, I think Smith County Commissioners are taking the wrong message from these two ridiculously lopsided votes against new jail building. [read post]
4 Sep 2015, 7:09 am
William Smith Jr. and James Yates, a couple for ... [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 12:53 pm
A Mecklenburg County judge agreed and dismissed the charges against the man late last month. [read post]
9 Jan 2008, 2:04 am
Twice in two years Smith County voters have rejected a new jail, even though the county already has to pay for dozens of out of county beds to incarcerate offenders. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 4:56 am
The document also says detainees who enter with any of the drugs should have them confiscated.In Smith County, they do it differently. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 9:40 am
On Saturday October 26, Van Buren County sheriff's deputies were in pursuit of two men, 24-year-old Jason Smith, and 26-year-old Matthew Durian, on outstanding warrants. [read post]
