The Texas Commission on Jail Standards is giving county officials more time -- because, you know, five years and seven failed inspections weren't motivation enough -- to fix jail system flaws that jeoparidize the safety of inmates. Butt-covering quote comes...
...If you're a law-abiding taxpayer, that is. Says here that the county's cost for hauling inmates to Parkland Memorial Hospital has more than doubled in two years. There are two key factors: 1.) Inadequate health care in the jails make...
Feeling the inexorable squeeze between a countywide budget shortfall and an upcoming election that will be that-much-harder if employees get stiffed on raises, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez is (literally) scouring the cupboards in search of savings. Her proposals include...
Sheriff Lupe Valdez and her erstwhile tormentors at the Commissioners Court are officially in a standoff over who's got the biggest ... gun ... and so far, nobody's backin' down. The sheriff believes allowing a television crew from The Discovery...
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