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29 Jun 2020, 6:00 am
The court found the child had resided in McLennan County for at least 6 months before the enforcement action was filed. [read post]
30 Jun 2018, 9:13 am
Harris County has spent nearly $7 million in attorneys fees defending their unconstitutional system.Reyna fires ADA for cooperating with FBIIn McLennan County, outgoing District Atttorney Abel Reyna fired one of his ADAs for allegedly sharing information with FBI investigators. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 2:13 pm
See also data related to the video and background on the interviewees.Ending arrest for petty offensesHere's an item from StayWokeTV about efforts in Austin to eliminate most arrests for Class C misdemeanors for which the maximum punishment is only a fine, not jail time.Jails as mental health providersThe McLennan County Jail hired its first jail psychiatrist. [read post]
18 Dec 2008, 12:30 pm
The Court also seems to have granted the State's petition for discretionary review in this McLennan County aggravated sexual assault case. [read post]
20 May 2011, 5:32 am
And in both cases, defense attorneys complained about the state’s use of jail inmates’ testimony, which they contended was inherently unreliable. [read post]
4 Feb 2019, 5:25 am
The New York Times analyzed a pretrial-release bail-alternative program in NYC that reduced the population of the jail on Rikers Island by 38 percent. [read post]
11 Aug 2008, 6:11 pm
Questions Remain About Conditions for Texas Detainees Evacuated After Hurricane DollyNo New Private Jail in McLennan County: Will County Take Back CEC/Civigenics JailWaco Tribune Editorializes Against New JailRelatedly, a couple of readers emailed to ask what happened to the links to other blogs in Grits sidebar. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 7:10 am
A few months earlier, McLennan County warned citizens of similar scams. [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]
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]
29 Feb 2012, 5:07 am
An exchange between judge and defendant during a guilty plea out of Williamson County in a remarkable, 33-year old murder case caught Grits' attention.Benny Tijerina was sentenced to concurrent 40 year sentences in Williamson and McLennan counties for the crimes, though he claims and a victim's mother agrees that another man was the shooter (the prosecutor claimed to have jailhouse informants who say otherwise). [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 7:46 pm
Good for Kim Vickers, doing his job.Bad things happening in jailGrits can find no related press coverage, but a petition on Change.org alleges that a woman in the McLennan County Jail on a detention hold was sexually assaulted while being held on an immigration detainer for more than two years. [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]
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]
29 Sep 2016, 1:22 pm
A few months earlier, McLennan County warned citizens of similar scams. [read post]
31 Mar 2007, 7:17 am
It's a beautiful day so rather than write blog posts on each of these items, I'll just give you the links and leave you to your own devices:Another lawsuit against TYC, this time against the unit in McLennan CountyGideon and I this week discussed Texas' deletion of the duty to retreatSouth Texas Chisme notes that one-third of Texas jails inspected this year have failedAbuse at Texas state schools for the mentally retarded has led to internal reformsThe Texas Observer… [read post]
4 Sep 2011, 2:59 am
As has, hopefully, the "jail as profit center" myth among Texas county commissioners.See related Grits posts:Private prison bubble bursting: Empty, speculative jails in Texas Privatizing Harris County Jail would save money by cutting guard pay, benefits Jailing for profit spurs inmate releases in two Texas counties When fewer inmates is a big problem: Perverse incentives at the McLennan County… [read post]
28 Jul 2011, 4:41 am
As Grits has reported in the past, a similar fiscal drama is playing out with the "Doomsday Deal" in McLennan County and a long list of empty, speculative jails in Texas, so unless there's a new source of prisoners out there - private prison firms are banking on immigration detention - this may not be the last Texas jail or prison unit we see auctioned off like some defaulted property on the steps of the county courthouse.RELATED: From the… [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 7:00 am
“Diesel technicians are hard to find, and I’ve spent a lot of time on the Texas Workforce Commission Web site,” said Brooks, with Volvo & Mack Trucks of Waco, who lost an ex-convict to an employer in the Dallas area. ...Project RIO, short for Re-Integration of Offenders, is another service available locally at McLennan County Workforce Solutions, 1416 S. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 9:44 pm
In less then two years, counties already involved in the program, like McLennan County, have seen about 12,000 level one criminals like murders or rapists deported and 29, 500 level two and three criminals deported. [read post]
