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6 Aug 2014, 5:47 pm
Dawson. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 2:51 pm
Via Texas Prison Bidness:#1: Closure of Dawson State Jail and Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility#2: City of McAllen rejects GEO Group prison for immigrants#3: The campaign to expose and close the Polk Detention Center#4: Two North Texas counties stand tall, reject jail privatization#5: Troubles persist at McLennan County's speculatively built private jailRELATED: See Grits' list of the Top Ten Texas Criminal Justice Stories of 2013. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 5:17 pm
Reported the Dallas News:City and state officials are in talks about the future of the recently shuttered Dawson State Jail, which Dallas leaders have long eyed as a crucial spot for Trinity River Corridor Project development. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:19 am
(One of the two prisons, the Dawson State Jail, was the site of multiple high-profile prisoner deaths, including a baby girl who was allegedly born into a prison toilet after staff ignored her mother's requests for medical assistance.) [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 1:34 pm
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will close two prison units operated by the Corrections Corporation of America - the Dawson State Jail in Dallas and the Mineral Wells pre-parole transfer facility. [read post]
12 Jun 2013, 3:54 am
It's official: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will shutter two prison units operated by Corrections Corporation of America - the Dawson State Jail in Dallas and the Mineral Wells pre-parole transfer facility - for a two-year savings of $97 million. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 4:21 pm
So, I got him moved to the jail in Dawson County. [read post]
9 Jun 2013, 6:40 am
The Dawson State Jail is the other prime target for closure but the final say is up to TDCJ's board. [read post]
31 May 2013, 7:16 am
Whitmire wanted: the Dawson State Jail and a unit in Mineral Wells, both run by Corrections Corporation of America. [read post]
5 May 2013, 3:44 pm
Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire has argued for closing the Dawson State Jail in Dallas and a pre-parole facility in Mineral Wells. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 10:12 am
Close the privately-run Dawson State Jail and Mineral Wells pre-parole units as suggested by Senate-side budget writers and tell the folks in Jones County they're on their own, just like so many other counties that built speculative prisons and jails they now can't fill.Also, know up front that you have likely underfunded prison healthcare by around $50 million or so and will need to come back and fund it with a supplemental on the back end like the Lege did this… [read post]
28 Apr 2013, 8:19 am
Turner, ZerwasSenate: Williams, Duncan, Hinojosa, Nelson, WhitmireSurprising opposition has arisen in the House to closing the Dawson State Jail and the pre-parole facility in Mineral Wells, as the Senate has suggested. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 12:11 pm
Locals in Jones County and Mineral Wells, where the Senate would close a private facility, have been lobbying for more units than the state needs, but Heaven knows why the House wants to keep open the ignominious Dawson State Jail. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 3:58 pm
Emily DePrang at the Texas Observer says the question shouldn't be whether the Dawson State Jail in Dallas should be closed, but why in the world, given its shoddy record, the Texas Legislature would consider keeping the privately run prison unit open? [read post]
26 Jan 2013, 8:25 am
Topping the list of potential Texas prison closures is the Dawson State Jail, a high-rise building on the bank of the Trinity River in downtown Dallas. [read post]
20 Jan 2013, 8:15 am
A similar dynamic is the main reason why the Dawson State Jail is on the list. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 6:03 am
Check them out here:#1 - Momentum Builds To Close CCA's Dawson State Jail #2 - GEO Group Loses Bid to Expand Mental Health Care Operations, Take Over Kerrville State Hospital #3 - CCA Offers To Buy State Prisons in Return for 90% Occupancy Guarantee, Gets Rejected #4 - Conditions at Two Texas Detention Centers Highlighted In "Expose and Close" Campaign #5 - Momentum Grows Against Private Prisons Nationally #6 - The Ballad of… [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 5:40 am
I will also seek the closure of Dawson State Jail and Mineral Wells. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 10:44 am
Here are links to a number of recent items from Texas Prison Bidness which deserve Grits readers' attention:Jury awards $2.25 million to family of man who died at LCS' Brooks County Detention CenterStudy: As Liberty County reduces jail population, ending privatization saves money (see a related, recent Grits post)Sexual abuse allegations at CEC's Liberty County JailDeaths at Dawson State Jail investigated by Dallas news stationSixth escape at… [read post]
9 Nov 2012, 10:34 am
Dawson Farms v. [read post]
