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July 19, 2022July 19, 2022

Dallas Sheriff Violates Rights

Dallas Sheriff violates rights of incarcerated individuals per Dallas criminal defense lawyers. Deputy sheriff’s are opening attorney letters to jailed clients. The information is legally privileged and jailers are not following procedure.

Elizabeth Lutton says deputies open all letters looking for contraband. They do so as a security measure.

Per other published reports, Lutton says “that’s only done in the presence of the inmate.” She states inspection is “limited to locating contraband or illegal items.”

Defense attorneys dispute this account though. Clients have reported their letters opened outside their presence. Lawyers contend some of these involve legal strategy and client’s guilt or innocence.

The Dallas sheriff’s office did not return a call asking for comment on how long the practice has taken place.

Dallas Sheriff Violates Rights – Again

Marian Brown’s tenure as sheriff could not be worse.

Under her management the jail she oversees fails state inspections more than once.

Deputy sheriff’s have not had appropriate support – particularly in responding to COVID19.

Finally, her staff stole more than $600,000 from inmate commisary funds.

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Royneco Tiun Harris Captured

Royneco Tiun Harris, number one on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Most Wanted list, was captured March 23rd.

Special agents from the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested Harris in Dallas assigned to the North Texas Anti-Gang Center.

Harris, 42, of Dallas, is affiliated with the 65 Groveside gang.

Royneco Tiun Harris Details

Harris had been wanted since October 2021.

Harris removed his GPS monitoring device during his trial and fled. His charges stem from the fatal shooting of a man and wounding of that man’s child.

Harris’ trial continued without him and he was found guilty and sentenced to ninety-nine (99) years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison.

Local police are still on the hunt for Abel Elias Acosta – the Garland Christmas shooter who murdered three.

March 11, 2022March 22, 2022

Dallas Jails Fail Again

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards says Dallas jails fail again after its mid February visit said the localjail “fails to comply with minimum standards.”

It is the second consecutive year under Sheriff Marian Brown’s management that the jail failed its annual inspection.

Under Brown’s leadership, Dallas jails fail again and again not only the inmates they are provided custody over, but also their own employees, including Damon Finney. There is also an open investigation into how $600,000 was stolen from inmate accounts.

Her management has also led to low morale among remaining deputy sheriffs who say the low staffing levels inhibit their ability to monitor inmates according to state standards.

The Findings Of Why Dallas Jails Fail Again

Here are some of the inspection’s findings:

Genetaror tests not being performed to ensure backup in case of disaster conditions.
Inmates using K2 – a synthetic marijuana – that created fumes throughout the area.
Inspectors found forty doors that were inoperable either due to inmate destruction or lack of maintenance.
Laundry staff not exchanging clothing and washable items.
Suicidal inmates “were being incorrectly documented.”

Sheriff Brown and her staff must develop remediation plans to return to compliance and provide them to the jail inspectors.

Marian Brown and Dallas County Sheriff’s Office refused request for comment.

The report creates another avenue for Lauren Davis in her November match up against Clay Jenkins and his mismanagement of Dallas County.

The letter from the commission to Judge Jenkins and Sheriff Brown is here:

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