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Letters to the Editor
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Editor,
Hays County’s criminal legal system has long had problems: from our habitually overcrowded jail that’s led to an outsourcing problem to our chronically slow court system. In 2017, Hays County had the 7th slowest district court system in Texas. A July 1, 2021, Texas Commission on Jail Standards report listed Hays third highest in detainee outsourcing. Hays County residents paid $54,000 between June 13-19 alone to send 126 detainees to other counties so that our full jail could stay in compliance with state jail standards. A full jail, slow courts, and extremist “bail reform” measures making their way through Special Session right now promise to only worsen this dire problem.
Community groups ask for transparency in alleged injury by BPD
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Members of the the Beaumont NAACP chapter, 100 Black Men of Beaumont, the 100 Plus Black Women of Beaumont and other groups met at the Jefferson County Courthouse on Friday to publicly request that administration with the police department and the detention center share information about an alleged incident on June 12 that possibly left a man paralyzed. Photo taken July 9, 2021. Jacob Dick/Beaumont EnterpriseBy Jacob Dick/Beaumont Enterprise / Jacob Dick/Beaumont Enterprise
Local community action groups in Beaumont are calling for transparency from law enforcement and city officials as investigations continue into the alleged injury of man by the Beaumont Police Department.
Inmate found unresponsive in cell at Bexar County Jail, pronounced dead msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Overpopulation: Nueces County to move dozens of inmates to other counties
Overpopulation: Nueces County to move dozens of inmates to other counties
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â The Nueces County Commissioners Court has approved some much needed help for the county jail.
Subject to some language change, they passed two memorandum of understandings (MOU) to transfer inmates to Aransas and Victoria counties. The language that needs to be adjusted involves the COVID-19 pandemicâs effect on overcrowding the jail.
Nueces County was recently deemed non-compliant by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Nueces County Sheriff J.C. Hooper told commissioners court during the state inspection, the jail was at 100 percent capacity.
State reports Nueces County Jail as non-compliant kristv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kristv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.