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of some legal issues they agreed that the Sheriff would select ten and later twelve of
the most wanted felons. The $2000.00 fee was borne by the GDCC. Citizen
participation was almost immediately successful in locating many of the fugitives.
A variation of this idea continues today.
MacAleese reported in September 1, 1987 that a study by the DA's
office demonstrated that 1,918 defendants were tried with 1,455 convicted. More
than 1,000 received sentences of probation or less than one year in jail. 381
offenders were sentenced to TDC for an average time of 12.7 years. During this
time TDC released 497 parolees to Dallas County. Thus Dallas gained 116
convicted felons during the period.
Part of the causes of the probation sentences was related to the needs of a
new jail. The Commission's Jail Capacity Committee, at city council's request,
researched the needs of the jail. It reported to the council that there was a need for
an additional 2400 jail beds. Paul Spain, committee chairman disclosed that "We
agree that the socioeconomic causes of crime must be studied and, if possible,
solved. However, we also believe that a convicted criminal must serve his term."
When he presented the Jail Capacity Committee report to the Dallas County
Commissioners' Court in July it was severely criticized as " irresponsible" by some
but most were courteous and generally supportive of the call for more beds.
However, a few years later, the county's own study would agree with that of the
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Latham, H. Lee. A survey of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission and its effect on the, thesis, May 2001; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2792/m1/97/: accessed May 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .