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14 Jul 2015, 4:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
President Obama delivered a major speech in Philadelphia today on federal criminal justice reform initiatives. [read post]
3 Jul 2015, 5:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's an odd development: The Harris County Jail is so full they're having to ship inmates to contract beds in other counties, while the Dallas County Jail population has plummeted.Dallas County Jail population drops to all-time low[Harris] County Jail shipping inmates to Beaumont lockup A DOJ statistician told the Morning News that "Texas’ entire jail population has been in… [read post]
24 Jun 2015, 3:01 pm by Michael Lowe
 Get caught with any amount of heroin in your possession, custody, or control – think dust particles, even — is a crime tied to serious jail time. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 12:30 pm by CJLF Staff
  At any given time, 30 to 35 percent of jail inmates in the San Luis Obispo County Jail are AB 109 inmates. [read post]
9 Jun 2015, 7:46 am by William K. Berenson
 Cody was a senior at McKinney North High School and a member of the Cowboy Church of Collin County. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 7:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Jail phone calls and the Michael Morton Act If a jail records all inmate phone calls are prosecutors required to vet them for Brady material under the Michael Morton Act? [read post]
27 May 2015, 8:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In Dallas, Police Chief David Brown announced this week that officers who improperly turn off their body cams face severe discipline.Pushback begins on in-person visitation billThis was predictable: Jails that switched to video only visitation only don't want to go back to offering in-person visits because it would cost them money. [read post]
23 May 2015, 6:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A Dallas News editorial last weekend explained why it's urgent that the bill pass this session:More and more counties will build or retrofit their jails to prevent inmates and their families from being together in the same space.Why? [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 2:04 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's a good overview of legislation, litigation and activism on the topic.Legislation sitting in Calendars waiting for a House floor vote would require county jails using video visitation to also offer in-person visitation, as they did for generations prior.As far as I can tell, nearly all medical marijuana testimony qualifies as "tearful. [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 5:14 pm by Andrew Babb
As of Sunday, he was arrested and taken to Dallas County Jail, where he was charged with intoxication assault. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 11:29 am by Dan Flynn
If they do report for jail, Jack DeCoster would prefer a local county jail in Iowa, while Peter DeCoster’s choice would be a federal minimum security facility in Yankton, SD. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 1:57 pm by News Desk
In the event the two DeCosters are taken into custody, they would likely serve time at a minimum federal facility or a county jail. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 1:47 pm by James
He was charged with leaving the scene and placed in the Anderson County Jail. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 6:16 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Read NPR's John Burnett on Willacy County's budget shortfall in the wake of a private prison riot that forced the closing of a county-owned immigration detention center. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 11:19 am by Michael Lowe
Dallas County Audit There was also an audit by the Dallas County Auditor last fall that resulted in the conclusion that there lots of expenditures out of the Dallas County Forfeiture Fund which were “unclear” if they were done for law enforcement reasons. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 2:02 pm by ALDF
Gracie palled around with her friend Iris, and later moved in with two small males, Puck and Dallas. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 7:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Ditto for county jail and indigent defense costs, which are big cost drivers for county property taxes.So, what policy choices would facilitate lower spending on criminal justice without harming public safety? [read post]