The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1992 Page: 3 of 43
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Official says state prison backlog growing
By STEVE RAY
Harte-Hanks Austin Bureau
AUSTIN — Texas is losing its
children to crime each year the
state’s prison problems go un-
solved, the state’s top criminal jus-
tice official warned last week.
The stark warning came in a
startling overview of crime in
Texas by criminal justice experts
at a pre-session legislative confer-
ence for first term legislators.
New lawmakers also were told
that by September 1998 the back-
log of state prisoners in county
jails could reach 35,123.
“The most important thing to
bear in mind (in looking for prison
solutions) is that each year Texas
is losing another generation of chil-
dren to crime,” said James
Lynaugh, executive director of the
Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
Lynaugh told new lawmakers
they must deal with public educa-
tion, social problems and care in
local communities to keep children
from becoming criminals.
“I knew the situation was dis-
mal,” said Jane Nelson, a Lewisvil-
le Republican who was recently
elected to the state Senate.
Lawmakers heard a series of
ominous statistics on crime that
showed a dramatic increase in
offenders jailed and paroled over
the past six years.
Statistics showed that in 1985,
9,328 convicted felons, or four of
10 offenders, were paroled. In
1991 that number had jumped to
41,754, or eight of 10 offenders
paroled.
In 1988, 19 percent of those
paroled were paroled directly from
county jails, said state Sen. Jim
Turner, a member of the Punish-
ment Standards Commission.
The prison system is under
court mandate to do something to
relieve the backlog of state prison-
ers in county jails by April 1 or pay
counties $50 per day per inmate to
hold them.
The backlog of state prisoners
being held in county jails has
reached 20,388, according to cri-
minal justice statistics. In Septem-
ber of 1998 the backlog would ex-
ceed 35,000.
Lynaugh said to keep pace with
the rate of growth in prisoners
would require the state to open
the equivalent of a 2,250-bed max-
imum security prison every other
month.
Construction of each of those
prisons would take 20 months and
cost about $76.5 million. Operat-
ing costs would be about $22.5
million per year.
Total payments from the state
to counties holding state prisoners
to date has been more than $113
million. The criminal justice de-
partment has transferred approx-
imately $35.6 million additional
dollars from operating funds to
permit continued county jail pay-
ments until about February.
Among the other facts pre-
sented to new legislators:
■ Three of every 100 Texas
adults are under some form of cri-
minal justice supervision.
■ Over the last three regular
sessions, the Legislature has
voted to nearly double the prison
system capacity, authorizing the
construction of more than 51,000
beds, and voters have approved
$1.4 billion for prison construc-
tion.
Wednesday, December 16, 1992, The Colony Leader 3A
County considers accepting credit cards
By MICHELE MAJORS
Staff writer
DENTON — They say the United
States often is called a plastic coun-
try. People whip out credit cards fas-
ter than a $1 bill for a lottery ticket.
But what about the possibility of
using plastic to pay for taxes and
fees?
Denton County commissioners
entertained the thought Tuesday
while they listened to a presentation
given by Herb Barnhart, tax
assessor/collector.
“Credit card use sounds so easy,
but there’s a lot more to it than I
realized,” Barnhart said.
One drawback to using credit
cards is the possibility that a credit
card company may refuse to honor
the credit card charge. Another
problem, although limited, is the use
“Credit card use
sounds so easy, but
there’s a lot more to it
than I realized.”
— Heb Barnhart,
tax assessor/collector
of “bad” cards.
“In all my calls, there is no county
in the state that accepts credit cards
for motor vehicle fees,” Barnhart
said.
Barnhart said he has never heard
any interest from Denton County
citizens in using credit cards to pay
fines, court costs or other charges.
“Since I’ve been in office, I’ve
never taken a request to take credit
cards,” he said. “I’m not in favor of
accepting credit cards for payment
of fees.”
County Judge Jeff Moseley said
the county has the right to pursue
use of credit cards if it decides to
pursue the idea.
“By the local government code,
we are able to get in the credit card
business,” he said.
County commissioners did not
take any action but said judges and
clerks will be polled to see if they
have an interest in accepting credit
cards for payment of fees.
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Epperson, Wayne. The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1992, newspaper, December 16, 1992; The Colony, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1666726/m1/3/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Colony Public Library.