After consistently teetering around capacity, the Dallas County Jail exceeded the maximum number of inmates it can hold for the first time in two decades over Labor Day weekend, said Dallas County Criminal Justice Department Director Charlene Randolph during a Tuesday Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting related to county tax rates. The excess prisoner population could cost Dallas taxpayers tens of millions more each month, as the county weighs options that include paying other municipalities to house Dallas inmates…
Alyssa Fields
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