The Dallas County jail is nearing capacity amid criminal case management software issues leading officials to search for more beds elsewhere.
has left inmates languishing in jail longer than before the change with some waiting weeks for an attorney to be appointed.County Clerk John Warren is the custodian of records who has been in charge of the system migration. He has continued to emphasize that any system change has problems, and many of these issues could have been resolved if stakeholders had been more engaged earlier on in the process.
“We’ll hold them so we have beds ready if we need it,” he said Tuesday. “I’d hate to not have the beds in a crisis situation.” Wood said he has gotten the state to pick up more Dallas inmates every week than normal in an effort to reduce the escalating county population. Dallas County is working to ensure these inmates are “paper-ready” as soon as possible, he said.
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