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Not the preferred solution to jail overcrowding

By Gritsforbreakfast

The Jim Hogg County Jail in Hebronville has room for 18 people in it, though there were only 10 as of January 1, 2008. One of them, though, was 24-year old convicted rapist Abel Morin, who escaped out an unlocked door while being transferred between cells less than 24 hours after he was sentenced to life in prison.Bizarrely, Morin was convicted in Duval County, but had been moved to Jim Hogg County because he complained about the food! Doesn't everybody complain about jail food? There are literally no incorporated towns in Jim Hogg County, including the county seat! So the Sheriff's Department is it as far as law enforcement goes. But even if your jail's the size of the one in Andy Griffith's Mayberry, there's a minimum level of professionalism required if you want to actually operate a law enforcement agency...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).