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30 Sep 2007, 2:02 am
The administrator of the Bexar County jail, Chief Deputy Dennis McKnight resigned this week in the wake of internal changes under the new Sheriff, reports the Express News.In this writer's opinion, McKnight was probably the most innovative jail chief in the state, so this will be a major loss for Bexar County, which struggles daily with overincarceration problems. [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 1:49 am
" Some of these people are not regulars in the jail and for them, it is usually a "wake up call. [read post]
30 Dec 2012, 8:54 am
(This was part one of the prosecutions in the wake of the Nat Turner in neighboring Southampton County.) [read post]
2 Sep 2023, 8:41 am
There are more than 3,000 county jails in the United States. [read post]
3 Jan 2009, 11:22 pm
AP reports that in Montague County, the brand spanking new Sheriff's first official act was to move out all the inmates and close down the county jail in the wake of an FBI raid and apparent, rampant misconduct under his predecessor:A jail in northern Texas has been closed and its nearly 60 inmates transferred as authorities investigate what they call dangerous conditions for jailers and those behind bars â€â [read post]
25 Jul 2009, 1:02 am
In the wake of a harsh findings letter from the US Justice Department that could presage federal litigation, Harris County has created a jail "czar" position which will be held by former District Judge Caprice Cosper. [read post]
8 May 2012, 8:53 am
The other three were listed as natural causes.Texas once led the nation in jail suicides, but a state suicide prevention program has helped the state shake that stigma.The statewide rate dropped from 31 in 1986 to 17 in 1994, according to an article by Graham Baker in Texas County Magazine.The Texas Commission on Jail Standards reported 19 county jail inmate suicides last year.See the rest of the story for details of strategies being pursued in Victoria… [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 12:40 pm
A federal judge has sided with inmates' claims that conditions in Maricopa County jails continue to violate their constitutional rights. [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 10:45 am
She was placed in the county jail. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 11:08 am
And over five years ago, federal judge Neil Wake placed the jail under federal oversight and ordered the county and Sheriff Joe to fix their dangerously substandard system. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 8:09 am
US District Judge Neil Wake's order demanded that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio [official website] take standards steps to address the jails' overcrowded and unhygienic conditions. [read post]
29 Jan 2020, 12:37 pm
Wood, Chief Jail Inspector, Division of Health Service Regulation, Construction Section, NC DHHS to Christopher Tyner, Research Associate, UNC School of Government, Oct. 2, 2019 (on file with authors). [4] Id. [5] Includes Jones County Jail from September through December and the Wake County Detention Center Annex for all of 2018. [6] Camden, Gates, Hyde, Martin, Mitchell, Perquimans, and Tyrrell counties have no in-county jail… [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 6:20 am
These nine facilities are: Ayden City Municipal Jail, Beaufort County Detention Center, Bladen County Jail, Farmville City Municipal Detention Center, Hyde County Ocracoke Jail, Macon County Detention Center, Pamlico County Detention Center, Wake County Detention Center Annex, and Wilson County Detention Center. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 8:37 am
Around the state, reporters and local officials are waking up to a sleeper issue that this blog has been sounding the alarm about for years: The danger posed to county budgets, especially local jails, by cuts in the number of state mental hospital beds and mental health care generally - an issue likely to reach a critical stage if state hospitals are cut further next spring by the 82nd Texas Legislature. [read post]
12 May 2020, 8:46 am
”Ideare Bailey became one of twelve plaintiffs in a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the ACLU and partners against the Dallas County Jail for its failures to keep incarcerated people and staff safe in the wake of COVID-19. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 6:56 am
They have not seen medical care in the county jails," Dr. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 9:40 am
Apparently prompted by a pair of damning reports by court-appointed medical and mental health experts who toured the jail in January, Wake issued a somewhat unusual order this month, criticizing Arpaio and other county officials for largely failing to make substantive improvements to the jail that would align it with constitutional standards. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 7:38 am
Yesterday a jury in Wake County convicted Markeith Council, a former detention officer at the Wake County jail, of involuntary manslaughter for killing inmate Shon McClain, who was jailed on misdemeanor charges, after McClain fought the guard. [read post]
23 Dec 2008, 1:05 pm
The former Main Line lawyer has spent nearly 14 years in the Delaware County jail for contempt of court - a U.S. record for time served on that charge. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 10:25 am
John Whitmire, whose Criminal Justice Committee will investigate jail safety in the wake of the Sandra Bland tragedy at the behest of the Lt. [read post]
