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Commissioner Price raises alarm on jail population, court dispositions and parole staffing
Summary
Commissioner John Wiley Price urged immediate action on rising jail population and slow case dispositions, citing law-enforcement paperwork gaps, a 125-officer parole shortfall and high-risk juvenile detention counts.
During the commissioners court meeting, Commissioner John Wiley Price delivered an extended update on jail population and criminal-justice system pressures, urging stakeholders to address slow dispositions, staffing shortfalls and juvenile detention risks.
Price said county-wide detention numbers had increased from recent lows and attributed some of the rise to delayed dispositions and to law-enforcement agencies not submitting required paperwork for cases. He…
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