DMN Misses the Mark on County Jail

That’s what my friend Scott Henson opines. He’s got some points, too. He wonders if the editorialistas at the paper bother reading their own newspaper when they ask rhetorically why wouldn’t someone want to do their time in Dallas County, given the generous 3-for-1 time credit inmates get.

Maybe because for every month you spend in jail there you’re more likely to acquire a staph infection than you would be to roll “snake eyes” shooting dice? After a scathing report last year, the feds finally sued Dallas County over poor healtchare for inmates last month.

Or perhaps because, once you go in, they might just lose your ass for a year or so?

Possibly because many jailers are young and untrained, making it among the more dangerous and overcrowded urban jails?