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9 Mar 2011, 4:31 am
Dawson. [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 6:23 am
Robert Wilonsky at the Dallas Observer reports that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has renewed the contract with Corrrections Corporation of America to operate the Dawson State Jail in Dallas for the next seven years.I'd considered Dawson a good candidate for potential closure because it's located in an area where the city has proposed a major redevelopment project and the local chamber of commerce types wanted it gone. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 1:45 pm
Interested readers may want to give them a listen.Whitmire's interview was particularly notable for identifying three prison units he thought should be closed: the Central Unit in Sugarland, the Dawson State Jail in Dallas, and a privately run pre-parole facility in Mineral Wells. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 10:40 am
Contract "systems", too, are already out there: one of my favorites, in Dawson County, is getting the job done for the whopping sum of $237.50 per case. [read post]
11 Jul 2010, 7:02 am
That would also reduce mounting pressure on state-jail populations, possibly allowing closure of the Dawson State Jail facility in Dallas to make way for a city-backed development (which is about as close as anybody's come to calling for closing state jails per se).On the flip side, such a change would also adjust penalties upward for certain petty offenders and at a minimum, as Sen. [read post]
3 Jul 2010, 4:48 pm
In particular there are a couple of private units that have been specifically identified as possible closure targets (Dawson State Jail and a "pre-parole" unit in Mineral Wells) that both have contracts up early next year, the same time the Bridgeport facility's contract was scheduled to wrap up. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 1:12 pm
There are quite a few reasons to close the Dawson State Jail in Dallas. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 5:03 pm
Dawson and Kathryn M. [read post]
30 May 2010, 11:54 am
But in recent years, the state has found that greatly expanded treatment and rehabilitation programs can reduce the number of people in prison — and save money.The units Ward identifies as possible candidates for closure have all been discussed previously on Grits in that context:Prisons mentioned as possible targets for closure include the Central Unit in Sugar Land, surrounded by suburban sprawl and sitting on land that is now worth tens of millions of dollars; the Dawson… [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 10:16 am
District Judge Kent Dawson that he grabbed a female co-worker in a jury restroom and then would not let her leave. [read post]
11 Mar 2010, 8:10 am
According to the book, Scruggs tried to bribe two judges, one of who reported it to the feds and the other of whom is now in jail. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 8:33 am
What's more, the Board of Pardons and Parole hasn't really been using the Mineral Wells facility the way it was intended, so there's no special reason to keep it opened compared to, say, Intermediate Sanctions Facilities on the list.Equally interesting to me is the fact that the Dawson State Jail's contract with Corrections Corporation of America is up for renewal next January. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 9:18 am
The Dawson state jail is in the district of soon-to-be-former state Rep. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 9:30 pm
“Basically we have to match the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006,†Dawson County Sheriff Gary Reiber said. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 5:11 am
Baltimore resident George Dawson III was injured and charged with reckless driving in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 495 in Fairfax County early on July 29, according to a Fairfax County Times article.The crash occurred in the westbound lanes of the inner loop of I-495 west of Exit 174/Eisenhower AvenueAccording to Virginia State Police, Mr. [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 2:02 pm
"Among the bills she has carried this year are legislation that would allow Dallas to relocate the 2,200-inmate Dawson State Jail to allow development along the banks of the Trinity River and a measure to allow corrections officials to restore good-conduct time to inmates.Both bills are before the governor.Hodge says her proudest accomplishment was her work on reforming the "law of parties" - even though the measure fell apart in the last moment… [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 6:51 am
Other than stating "I believe that this action is in the best interests of the Bank and its shareholders", no explanation was given. 24 March: APRA releases its report 26 March: 7 non-executive directors request general meeting. 29 March: Mrs Walter submits request for general meetings 1 April: Blake Dawson Waldron (BDW) advised on probity and governance matters relating to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report into foreign exchange options trading… [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 5:18 am
Reported the paper: Rickie Dawson York, who turned 39 on Tuesday, pleaded guilty to possessing 1.46 grams of meth on Oct. 16. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 10:51 am
They could be facing up to 5 years in jail. [read post]
19 May 2007, 10:12 am
As one recent study of "volunteers" has pointed out, "in virtually every state, death row inmates are ‘locked down' in their cell for most of the day, have little or no access to educational or other prison programs and experience great isolation and loss of relationships".(5) Such relationships include those with fellow inmates who may leave death row through a successful appeal or because they die, including at the… [read post]
