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...
Seen on the side of a white van in an Industrial Boulevard parking lot -- next to the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, naturally: 214-JAIL-SUX....
...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...
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