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| County ponders what state questions mean for jail |
| By swoknews.com- Mitch Meador |
| Published: 07/11/2017 |
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Comanche County commissioners and Jail Administrator William Hobbs had a discussion Monday on what impacts State Questions 780 and 781 might have on a Comanche County Detention Center that is already bursting at the seams. It's been two years since the jail was within its official capacity of 283, and the inmate count is creeping ever closer to the 400 mark. It was 103 over capacity as of Friday with a count of 386 inmates, 295 male and 91 female. Currently there are 17 ready to go to the state Department of Corrections, and Hobbs said their removal has already been scheduled. No inmates were transferred last week. S.Q. 780 reclassifies simple drug possession, including possession in the presence of a child, from a felony to a misdemeanor, Hobbs noted. Read More. |
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