Showing posts with label city jails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label city jails. Show all posts
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Diabetic inmate dies after jail staff failed to provide insulin

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This tragic episode will likely cost the city of Irving a pretty penny. The Dallas News story (" Irving jail staff new diabetic inmate ...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Strip searching in jail overkill for minor traffic violations

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Last year the US Supreme Court okayed jails strip searching defendants upon entry, even for minor offenses. CBS-11 out of Dallas reported l...
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Monday, October 21, 2013

Just don't call it a "jail"

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Harris County and City of Houston officials learned in 2007 that voters don't want an expanded jail , so this year they're calling i...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Jail politics and the purported decline of 'apostrophe laws'

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Here are a few tidbits which haven't made it into individual posts but may interest Grits readers: Fort Worth jail costs skyrocket fro...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Hays County 'moveable jail' looking to settle down

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Here's a bit of Texas carceral history I was unaware of; reports the Hays County Free Press : The Hays County Jail’s Moveable Jail Cell...
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Thursday, March 01, 2012

The legacy of Otis Campbell and Houston's proposed 'sobering center'

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Following up on a suggestion from Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos, Houston officials plan to create a "sobering center,"...
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