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1 Dec 2009, 7:31 am
McLennan County seeks profit over public safety with privatization schemesGrayson County Judge pushing irresponsible jail building scheme [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 8:44 am
Speculative Lubbock jail opens with no prisoners to fill itWebb County Sheriff's speculative jail scheme ignores risksHow Cameron County's entrepreneurial jail scheme costs taxpayersDo Limestone and McLennan Counties need three jails apiece? [read post]
27 May 2007, 3:42 am
Rodney Ryan), who had provided medical services for prisoners at the McLennan County Jail was terminated on one day's notice to Dr. [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 6:24 am
The Smith County Jail incarcerates 4.26 residents per 1,000. [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 6:16 am
The bullet shattered the window and struck the brick exterior of the adjacent vacant downtown county jail, Jarrett and McLennan County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Cawthon said.No one was injured, which Jarrett said was because he was careful to point the pistol out the window at a brick wall. [read post]
24 Apr 2010, 4:55 am
In Waco, reported the Herald-Tribune ("A new jail in McLennan County, but no inmates to fill it," April 23), "The new jail on State Highway 6 has an impressively low detention population: zero. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 9:54 am
”As of March 1, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, Johnson County had just 338 inmates in the jail, so the supposed profitmaker has now become a money suck. [read post]
13 Jul 2008, 7:38 am
That's because the McLennan County Commissioners Court proposes significantly overbuilding the jail so a private contractor can make extra money renting out space to others. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 9:26 am
Regular readers may recall that high jail costs from "tuff on crime" policies by the new McLennan County DA have become a political issue as the county has been forced to raise taxes to pay for rising jail costs.Four mid-sized counties - Hidalgo, Ector, Webb and Parker, five if you include McLennan - were the largest jails at more than 90% capacity with only homegrown prisoners. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 5:02 am
Reported the Trib:The changes come a week after McLennan County commissioners discussed budget woes fueled in recent years by a growing jail population that hovered this past week around 1,300 inmates.Based on current trends, the county may spend $5 million this year to house overflow inmates from the McLennan County Jail, which is $2 million more than budgeted. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 5:59 am
" In Waco/McLennan County, a similar financing structure has been referred to as a "doomsday deal" for the taxpayers.Naturally, Lubbock's jail faced years-long construction delays, came in far above budget and has already once had to go back to the county for extra money. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 11:37 pm
Waco judge uses shaming in lieu of jail timeA McLennan County (Waco) judge allowed a shoplifting defendant to choose a shaming punishment over jail time. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 4:37 am
She received no treatment for her schizophrenia, spent five months in jail waiting on a psych evaluation that never came, then died of a heart attack two weeks before Christmas.Changing of the guard in McLennan CountySee coverage of the Barry Johnson, the new McLennan Coutny District Attorney who ousted Abel Reyna, and the wave of retirements and other departures poised to bring big changes among judgeships at the McLennan County courthouse over the next… [read post]
9 Jul 2008, 2:42 am
I posted earlier about the jail overcrowding McLennan County is having to deal with. [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 7:54 am
Faulty projections of increased immigration detention have left McLennan County and others seeking to rent out extra beds in the lurch.This month saw a rough start for video visitation at the Denton County Jail.I can't imagine Rep. [read post]
15 Aug 2008, 6:56 am
Yesterday I mentioned that McLennan County is lurching toward building a private local jail in Waco in the face of strident opposition, and now I find news of a group in Nacogdoches gearing up to oppose a private prison there that's also backed by local leadership. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 9:08 pm
McLennan County jail records show Michael Corsey of Waco was being held Saturday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 7:31 am
The court agreed to extend the CEC's operation of the downtown jail just days after the county had learned about abuse claims from the McLennan County Jack Harwell Jail (another facility ran by the CEC). [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 9:34 am
They're prosecuting cases brought to them at about the same rate as other counties overall, but in Waco prosecutors are much more likely to refuse the case up front instead of filing a bad case and dismissing it months down the line after the county has paid for jail costs, indigent defense, etc.. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 11:18 am
The blog Texas Prison Bidness brings word that ICE has sent 200 detainees to the vacant wing of the McLennan County Jail operated by LaSalle Corrections (see more on them). [read post]
