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1 Mar 2015, 10:51 am
" That's a bit of fanciful thinking of which I'm sure the good folks in McLennan County could dissuade them, if anyone has ears to listen. [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]
14 Jan 2015, 5:39 am
And unnecessary jail expansion is frequently a major driver of local tax hikes, as voters in McLennan County could well attest.Once a jail is built, it can be expensive to staff the extra space, creating ongoing budget burdens beyond just paying back the debt. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 6:59 am
Lawsuit alleges sexual assault by employee of county jail contractorA lawsuit by a former inmate alleges she was sexually assaulted by an employee of Community Education Centers, a private prison firm out of New Jersey that operates McLennan County's local jail, reported the Waco Tribune Herald. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 8:30 am
We pretty much know the State Bar won't do anything so there's nothing that can be done to rid McLennan County of Reyna for at least four more years.Parole commissioner indicted for record tampering The Huntsville Item is reporting that parole board commission Pam Freeman has been indicted for tampering with government records. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 5:52 am
If he'd been incarcerated on a life sentence like Ed Graf (who won a new trial, delayed until September while the DA looks for their lost files, and is now sitting in the McLennan County Jail), sadly I doubt the national press would blink an eye. [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]
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]
16 Dec 2013, 4:54 pm
For a county paying through the nose to house jail inmates they can't afford, this seems like an odd and counter-productive choice; from the Waco Tribune-Herald (Dec. 14): An ongoing McLennan County Sheriff’s Office investigation into indigent defense fraud resulted in an arrest Friday. [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]
17 Oct 2013, 7:53 am
Many Texas counties, like McLennan (Waco), already have had to raise taxes to cover costs for empty, never-should-have-been-built entrepreneurial lockups. [read post]
18 Sep 2013, 11:00 am
It's not a lack of "coordination" causing McLennan's budget crisis but a perfect storm of bad public policy across county government.RELATED: When tuff on crime becomes tuff on taxpayers: McLennan County jail, DA edition. [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 8:01 am
The tax hikes are instead going to pay for McLennan County's jail, which commissioners foolishly expanded hoping to house contract prisoners, then couldn't find inmates to fill the beds. [read post]
18 Aug 2013, 8:45 am
Reyna's ill-considered plea-bargain policies boosted costs at the county jail which put the squeeze on the commissioners court to reduce his budget. [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]
6 Jul 2013, 6:32 am
Here's how their story opened: McLennan County commissioners are examining a plan to accelerate the process of releasing nonviolent offenders awaiting trial in the county jail, thus cutting the costs of housing them. [read post]
12 May 2013, 6:33 am
That'd make it a hot one.TX Private Prison News and NotesFor those interested in private prison topics, go visit the blog Texas Prison Bidness to read recent posts about a recent lawsuit over records against Corrections Corporation of America as well as happenings in McLennan and Montgomery counties, both of which bet on overbuilt local jails then couldn't find sufficient prisoners to fill them.Jailer pay competing with Midland oilfieldsMidland County Sheriff Gary… [read post]
14 Mar 2013, 6:12 pm
Joan Huffman's pilot program for mental health diversion from the Harris County Jail and Sen. [read post]
23 Feb 2013, 7:51 am
Shooting hogs form helicopters is still okay.Harris County won't privatize jailToo much risk and uncertain savings. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 10:10 am
Privatized jail employees charged with bribe taking Via Texas Prison Bidness, "Recently, officials from the Department of Justice, charged 13 Ector County Correctional Center employees with bribery. [read post]
