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Dallas jail gets surprise inspection

By Gritsforbreakfast

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards decided to conduct a surprise visit to the Dallas County Jail rather than wait for their regularly scheduled inspection in March, reports the Dallas News ("Jail gets surprise inspection," Jan. 14). Despite tons of county resources poured into the jail in recent months, the core problems remain the same: Chronic understaffing and intolerably poor inmate healthcare.County commissioners approved millions of dollars worth of new jail guard positions during the past year. The jails will have to meet the state's minimum staffing requirement of one guard for every 48 inmates. Mr. Munoz said he understands that the county is working to complete its south jail tower and other large projects but that he expects to see improvements in jail staffing and other things "we've asked them to improve...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 15, 2008 (boomark / email).