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Sheriff seeks new jail

Grayson County Sheriff Keith Gary cut to the chase this week in saying he believes the county should get ready to build a new jail.

March 23, 2006 Smart Justice

Little boys, big time

BY ELIZABETH PIERSON The Brownsville Herald

March 19, 2006 - AUSTIN - The last of six boys sitting comfortably, if nervously, with his back against the painted cement hallway wall is round-faced and big-eyed on this first morning away from his South Texas home.

March 23, 2006 Smart Justice

Trouble at Evins

BY ELIZABETH PIERSON The Brownsville Herald

March 19, 2006 - EDINBURG - Leadership is new, and abuses have dwindled, but Edinburg's juvenile prison is still recovering from a rash of beatings and altercations with juvenile prisoners in late 2004.

March 23, 2006 Smart Justice Students' Rights

Prison overcrowding back on agenda

Isadora Vail

AUSTIN - Ten years after Texas legislators went on a prison-building binge to ease overcrowding, the issue is back; a big sign that something bigger is wrong with the corrections system and needs to be fixed, criminal justice groups said Wednesday.

March 23, 2006 Smart Justice