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Jail, COVID put strain on justice system
Jail, COVID put strain on justice system
Jail, COVID put strain on justice system
Jail, COVID put strain on justice system

Will a new jail help solve the crime problems in Lamesa and Dawson County?That was just one of the topics discussed when a half-dozen local officials met Tuesday morning.Their purpose was to address what County Judge Foy O’Brien described as “a lot of finger-pointing” on social media claiming that local law enforcement and prosecutors aren’t doing their jobs in getting criminals off the streets.“That’s just false. That’s not true,” O’Brien said flatly.But there are a number of factors challenging them in getting people arrested, crimes prosecuted, and offenders locked up.Those include not only the limited capacity of the Dawson County ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

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Lamesa, TX 79331
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