County needs more jailers
By Velda Hunter
The Facts
Published April 12, 2006
ANGLETON -- Growing overtime pay is leaving Brazoria County officials pondering what can be done to remedy the problem, specifically a shortage of jailers.
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By Velda Hunter
The Facts
Published April 12, 2006
ANGLETON -- Growing overtime pay is leaving Brazoria County officials pondering what can be done to remedy the problem, specifically a shortage of jailers.
Web Posted: 04/09/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Abe Levy
Express-News Staff Writer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2006
BY EMMA PEREZ-TREVIÑO: The Brownsville Herald
October 26, 2005 - Cameron County's jail system is filling fast with federal inmates, so Cameron County Commissioners Court responded Tuesday by approving temporary staff to handle the influx.
By JAMES M. O'NEILL / The Dallas
Frederick D. Harris, a homeless man with schizophrenia, has been confined in a jail cell for over four months, waiting for a state hospital bed to open up.