Jan 18, 2008 5:41 pm US/Central
Dallas County Jail Fails Another Inspection
DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
The Dallas County Jail has failed
another state inspection.
State inspectors have been going
through the jail this week.The county has spent millions of
dollars to hire additional officers and to pay for overtime, which addressed
one of the complaints from inspectors in the past.
Now inspectors say some officers might
not have been properly trained in how to handle a fire in the jail. And some fire and smoke detection systems
weren't working.
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley
Price said the problems "are facility issues. The sheriff, in terms of staffing and
managing herself, she's done what she is supposed to do. It's incumbent on the
county to move to the next level."In a statement, a spokesman for Sheriff Lupe Valdez said the report "described nine minor issues, all but one of which Sheriff Valdez has no control over." He says Valdez plans to ask for control over some of those areas
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