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9 Apr 2007, 12:53 am
Here are some key recent Texas jail-related headlines to let you know why I think that may be an eventful meeting.Texas county jails missing their marksHarris County Jail Deaths On Pace to Double '06Jail inspectors find "no improvement" at Dallas Jail; the Dallas News posted the jail's 2007 and 2006 inspection reportsTarrant County to build new jail in downtown Fort WorthTravis County Jail administrator "knows"… [read post]
8 Apr 2007, 12:05 pm
Dallas County employees, let me know if you're still having trouble accessing Grits and other blogs from work. [read post]
8 Apr 2007, 12:15 am
The same complaints were made recently when Dallas County had to release 700 jail inmates because of overcrowding. [read post]
7 Apr 2007, 9:41 am
Dallas County has gone all Big Brother on us and blocked pretty much every website I care to access. [read post]
7 Apr 2007, 7:03 am
If the appeals court grants the writ, Giles' conviction willbe vacated.If Giles wins his case, he will become the 13th Dallas County man since 2001to be exonerated by DNA evidence, the most of any county in the nation. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 7:54 am
The Dallas Morning News reports that James Curtis Giles will have a hearing on Monday where he is expected to be exonerated. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 5:52 am
"But based on his organization's experience, Scott said, "Consequences" maynot be enough.Scott said in places like Dallas, law enforcement officers receive some ofthe best training in the country on LGBT issues and hate crimes. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 1:34 am
It's good to see the folks at the DMN are just as fed up with the Dallas County Jail mess as I am! [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 1:25 am
In the floor debate over Vicki Truitt's bill on burglary of a vehicle this week, Dallas freshman Thomas Latham, an ex-cop, tried to amend his own bill language on burglary of a vehicle to Truitt's. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 10:13 pm
The current Denton County District Attorney is Paul Johnson. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 5:24 am
Last year, Dallas County criminal district judges assigned just 38 percent of cases to public defenders, county budget office figures show. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 10:50 pm
That's a 20% increase over TYC's budget last biennium.Al Price employees say TYC retaliatesAt the Al Price Unit in Beaumont, 30 employees were fired in the last two years for 59 offenses, but most prosecutions have focused on youth, not staff, say county prosecutors. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 7:51 am
LINK The Dallas County Jail failed its annual state inspection for the fourth year in a row, county officials said Tuesday. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 1:36 am
UPDATE: Today we learn that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards says that Dallas County Jail facilities are no better than they were before. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 1:23 pm
The subtitle of this major article is, Study: Dallas County could save millions using public defenders.Dallas County formed the state's first public defender's office more than two decades ago to offer inexpensive... [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 8:40 am
Here's a pretty comprehensive article on the costs and benefits of the public defender system in Dallas County from the Dallas Morning News. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 5:38 am
The Dallas Morning News has a nice article about the Public Defenders' Office and Dallas County judges' use of PDs vs. private court appointed lawyers. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 5:26 am
Last year, Dallas County criminal district judges assigned just 38 percent of cases to public defenders, county budget office figures show. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 1:09 am
The decision was fueled by a recent hire: Gordon Schaller, the former managing partner of Greenberg Traurig's Orange County office. [read post]
2 Apr 2007, 12:30 am
That bill would set into law minimum jail staffing requirements and mandate that counties pay for sufficient staffing to meet those ratios, bascially telling counties like Dallas and Harris they can't continue to operate chronically understaffed jails. [read post]
