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Cynthia Kent: Smith County needs more court space, not a bigger jail

Forget building a bigger jail that voters don't want, says Tyler District Judge Cynthia Kent. She wants to reduce the need for more jail space by adding one or two courts to process cases more quickly. Reported the Tyler Morning Telegraph ("Judge: New court would clear out Smith County jail," May 28):State District Judge Cynthia Stevens Kent says adding one or more new courts would do more to solve Smith County?s jail overcrowding problem than adding ever-higher numbers of new jail beds.In a meeting of the Council of District Judges, she said Smith County should ask the Texas Legislature to create at least one ? preferably two ? new district courts for the county when lawmakers convene in January. ?We can?t build our way out of the jail overcrowding problem,? she said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).