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5 Dec 2008, 7:29 pm
The dedication of conservative power houses such as George W. [read post]
9 Oct 2008, 5:13 am
Illinois offenders face similar restrictions, including a ban on dressing in a costume.Sheriff's deputies in Harris County, Texas, have been checking homes of sex offenders for Halloween decorations and are ready to arrest violators. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 9:12 am
" According to a Harris County source, "the commercial paper rate was 1.74 percent a week on Sept. 11 and jumped to 5.25 percent a week later. [read post]
19 Aug 2008, 11:59 am
In order to implement anything besides option one, TYC would need permission from the Legislature to go outside the scope of its bond authority, which authorized only construction of one 150 bed unit in Harris County, not several new, smaller units. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 2:37 pm
The Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for Harris County prosecutors to seek an execution date for Mr. [read post]
12 Jul 2008, 1:59 pm
Other Harris County scandals are discussed here. [read post]
4 Jun 2008, 11:30 am
In Harris County, judges have used their discretion to send those defendants to county jail for up to six months as a condition of their probation.According to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (pdf), 1,102 state jail felons were sentenced to county jail terms as a probation condition as of May 1 - more than the number of new private beds for which the county just contracted. [read post]
26 May 2008, 11:10 pm
Located in Raymondville -- nicknamed "Prisonville" -- it is expanding capacity from 2,000 to 3,000 beds this year, officials say.The detention boom hasn't been done on the cheap.According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it costs $88 a day to house a prisoner in privately run jails.By comparison, the state of Texas spends about $40 per day to house state prisoners, and in many county jails the cost is less than that. [read post]
5 May 2008, 11:53 pm
Kuff has more.Related Grits posts:DOJ investigating Harris County JailMarc Levin: What should Harris County do now that jail bonds have failed? [read post]
22 Mar 2008, 12:31 am
(Harris County has operated a mental health court since 2006.) [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 11:09 pm
Then recently the Texas Youth Commission entered into an Agreed Order to end litigation over the Evins Unit in South Texas.Now, the feds are turning their sights on the massive Harris County Jail system, AP reports (March 7):The U.S. [read post]
6 Mar 2008, 12:39 am
The Houston Chronicle reported last month ("ICE to train jail workers to ID illegal immigrants," Feb. 1) that:Thomas has authorized selected Sheriff's Office personnel assigned to Harris County's Inmate Processing Center to receive 287(g) training from U.S. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 10:08 am
I've since moved my mother into an apartment in Dallas, Texas. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 8:08 am
County of Allegheny, No. 06-2869 "In an action against various defendants for violations of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law, arising from a former 911 dispatcher's improper use of his job facilities to track down and kill his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, plaintiff's son, dismissal of the claims is reversed in part and the matter remanded with instructions to permit plaintiff an opportunity to amend certain state-created danger and equal protection claims, as the… [read post]
26 Jan 2008, 2:48 am
And they don't want to pay any tolls for the privilege.Money LaunderingI discussed this in more detail yesterday, but among the recent events I've been watching:Seventy employees of currency exchange company taken into custody in Mexico City, accounts frozen at Wachovia (Miami) and Harris Bank (Chicago).Another currency exchange with ties to US banks was recently taken down by authorities for laundering Euros.Ex-Im Bank gives loans to cartel figures; new guidelines… [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 12:35 am
Clemens filed the suit Sunday night in Harris County District Court in Texas, listing 15 alleged statements McNamee made to baseball drug investigator George Mitchell. [read post]
1 Jan 2008, 10:27 pm
In counties like Harris, Dallas and Bexar where jail overcrowding has reached crisis levels, IMO it borders on irresponsible not to use this discretion. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 3:28 am
Hopefully the agency's new conservator, who's been awfully quiet since his appointment just before Christmas, will begin to clean house and move TYC in a new direction. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 11:56 pm
Texas Criminal Court Creates E-Mail Filing System for Urgent Pleadings
Texas Lawyer
Responding to sharp criticism, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has created an e-mail filing system for urgent pleadings in death penalty and other cases. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 8:44 am
In Harris County (Houston), DA Chuck Rosenthal announced he would use his prosecutorial discretion to refuse cases where officers exercised this new authority, undermining any possible use in that jurisdiction.Rosenthal should now back off that position, and both county sheriffs and local police departments in Harris and Smith counties should reconsider their refusal to exercise this new authority. [read post]
