http://ajeffersonian.com/2008/08/smith-county-jail-why-it-is-overcrowded/ Perspectives on East Texas Issues Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:14:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ajeffersonian.com/2008/08/smith-county-jail-why-it-is-overcrowded/comment-page-1/#comment-3 One Who Knows Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:48:54 +0000 http://ajeffersonian.com/?p=11#comment-3 This is all true. The part about the slow speed of the system is dead on! I made arrangements to pay my fine, and court costs, knowing it would shorten my brief stay in the jail by a few days, but the paper work was not accepted by the jailer, and communications between the jail and the courthouse by computer wouldn't work. I sat out the 3 extra days, and was told that I would be refunded the money paid to the system, and I was, after 6 trips, 8 phone calls, and many other efforts and frustrations. It seems that information travels only a few inches a day when traveling between the courthouse and the jail! This is all true. The part about the slow speed of the system is dead on! I made arrangements to pay my fine, and court costs, knowing it would shorten my brief stay in the jail by a few days, but the paper work was not accepted by the jailer, and communications between the jail and the courthouse by computer wouldn’t work. I sat out the 3 extra days, and was told that I would be refunded the money paid to the system, and I was, after 6 trips, 8 phone calls, and many other efforts and frustrations. It seems that information travels only a few inches a day when traveling between the courthouse and the jail!

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