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11 Jun 2015, 3:08 pm
Recent Texas Tribune coverage began:More than three weeks after Waco police arrested 177 bikers following a deadly shootout at a local restaurant, no charges have been filed in the killings, nearly half the bikers remain in jail on unusually high bonds, and more than a few legal experts — including former prosecutors — are starting to wonder what is going on in McLennan County.Regular readers will recall that McLennan DA Abel Reyna's super-tough… [read post]
28 May 2008, 11:55 am
Commissioners hope to look far enough into the future and build a large-enough jail that can help pay for itself or make money for McLennan County by leasing prisoner space to other counties with overcrowded jails, Lewis said. [read post]
20 Oct 2008, 10:05 am
By contrast, for example, McLennan County (Waco) has a larger jail than Smith and a bigger population but houses only 49 pretrial misdemeants and 57 state jail felons, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.The line "More people means more incarceration" may sound reasonable, but it doesn't explain Smith County's jail population figures and neither does rising crime. [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 2:07 am
That includes Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar, Travis, El Paso, Hidalgo, Collin, Denton, Fort Bend, Cameron, Nueces, Montgomery, Jefferson, Galveston, Williamson, Lubbock, Brazoria, Bell, and McLennan Counties, as of the 2000 Census. [read post]
30 Sep 2018, 7:40 am
Here are a few odds and ends that deserve Grits readers' attention:Top Bexar jailer resigns amidst crime spree by subordinatesThe SA Express-News reported that the top supervisor at the Bexar County Jail has resigned "amid a troubling year for the Sheriff’s Office, which has struggled with escape attempts from the jail and the arrest of 20 deputies on a variety of criminal charges, including domestic abuse, assaulting inmates and driving while intoxicated. [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]
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]
21 Sep 2018, 10:34 am
According to the latest report from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, currently more than 85 percent of McLennan County Jail inmates are being held pretrial. [read post]
6 Sep 2008, 3:05 am
A hearing was held this week was held in Waco, Texas to determine whether the trial of a local civic leader should be moved out of McLennan County. [read post]
18 Jul 2008, 10:55 pm
There was a recent trial in McLennan County involving the tragic death of a young girl in a car accident. [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]
5 Jun 2015, 7:20 am
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]
1 Apr 2012, 5:40 am
Empty, speculative jails in TexasPrivatizing Harris County Jail would save money by cutting guard pay, benefits Jailing for profit spurs inmate releases in two Texas countiesWhen fewer inmates is a big problem: Perverse incentives at the McLennan County Jail Jones County pays for empty jail as detention bubble bursts [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 7:35 am
"State asked to pay costs for prosecutorial overreach in McLennan CountyMcLennan County wants the Governor's office to cover costs stemming from the trumped up prosecutions in the Twin Peaks massacre. [read post]
28 Oct 2017, 3:20 pm
”Regular readers will perhaps be unsurprised to learn that McLennan County DA Abel Reyna ranks among the worst offenders. [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]
25 Jul 2010, 3:30 pm
Dallas County - The Dallas Morning News reports that Dallas County, like more than half of Texas' counties (including McLennan) is participating in the U.S. [read post]
6 Jul 2015, 3:52 pm
In McLennan County, Municipal Judge Christopher Taylor changed the policy regarding incarceration for unpaid traffic tickets, insisting that anyone who can't pay in full must "sit behind bars for time credit. [read post]
20 Nov 2012, 6:53 am
Doomsday deal on Waco jail coming home to roostIn Waco, McLennan County commissioners cite cost overruns at the jail "as a major cause of the 2-cent property tax increase in this year’s budget. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 6:47 am
And that does not include the cost for the brief stints they spent in the McLennan County Jail.One of the men is retarded with an IQ of 55 who broke into a doughnut shop ... wait for it ... because he wanted a doughnut. [read post]
