Reports From Texas Commission on Jail Standards
2006 ACLU Prisoner Resource guide
MUST READ - Feds Report on Dallas County Jail
Dallas Contacts
Dallas County Jail Contacts (TJP verified October 07) To Locate A Prisoner (UPDATED): (214) 761-9025 (Only one person to answer ALL inmate info questions! So if you keep getting a recording, try the Jail Commander's office and explain that you couldn't get info & say pretty please!) Jail Commander: (214) 653-2901 Jail Records: (214) 653-2003 Medical Records: (214) 653-5900 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Dallas County Director of Criminal Justice Ron Stretcher OFFICE: 469-385-1720 (Mr. Stretcher confirmed that he is the one to contact with any concerns regarding conditions in DCJ). Ms. Vicki Duron Deputy, Technical Services Bureau Dallas County Sheriff’s Department OFFICE: 214-653-2603 OFFICE: 972-955-2073 E-MAIL: vduron@dallascounty.org (She is responsible for inmates getting their meds regularly & on time, and she handles problems related to that.) Sheriff Lupe Valdez Dallas County Frank Crowly Courts Bldg. 133 N. Industrial Blvd. LB31, 1st Fl. Dallas TX 75207-4313 office: 214 653-03450 FAX: 214-653-3420 E-MAIL: chill@dallascounty.org (address e-mail for Sheriff to executive assistant, Cozuella Hill) District Attorney Ms. Maurine Dickey Dallas County Commissioner District 1 2311 Joe Field Rd. Dallas, TX 75229 OFFICE: 972-247-1735 FAX: 972-406-0615 E-MAIL: mdickey@dallascounty.org Mr. Mike Cantrell Dallas County Commissioner District 2 411 Elm St. Dallas, TX 75202 OFFICE: 214-653-7361, 972.240.1740 FAX: 972.240.1749 E-MAIL: mcantrell@dallascounty.org Mr. John Wiley Price Dallas County Commissioner District 3 AND Chairman of the Commissioners’ Jail Population Committee 1506 E. Langdon Rd. Dallas, TX 75216 OFFICE: 214-653-6671 FAX: 214-653-7057 E-MAIL: jprice@dallascounty.org Mr. Kenneth A. Mayfield Dallas County Commissioner District 4 411 Elm St. Dallas, TX 75202 OFFICE: 214-653-6670, 214-339-8381 HOME: 972-291-4413 FAX: 214-653-7057 E-MAIL: kmayfield@dallascounty.org The Honorable Jim Foster Presiding Officer Dallas County Commissioners Court 411 Elm St. Dallas, TX 75202 OFFICE: 214-653-7361 FAX: 214-653-7057 E-MAIL: jfoster@dallascounty.org Shay W. Cathey Executive Assistant to Dallas County Judge Jim Foster Dallas County Commissioners Court 411 Elm St., 2nd Floor Dallas, Texas 75202 214.653.7949 214.653.6586/fax Email: SCathey@dallascounty.org HEALTH & WELFARE LIAISONS State Hospital Liaison to the Jail Vivian Lawrence, Dallas Area NorthSTAR Authority Toll free # is: 877-653-6363 E-MAIL: VLawrence@ntbha.org. (She is at the County Jail every working day) Parkland Memorial Hospital Parkland’s Liaison for the Jail: Ms. Sharon Phillips, R.N., MBA Sr. V.P. COPC/EPO/OHS & Wellness/Jail Health Parkland Health & Hospital System Dallas, TX 75235 OFFICE: 214-590-0104 OFFICE: 214-590-0173 FAX: 214-590-0173 E-MAIL: SPHILL@parknet.pmh.org Parkland’s Liaison with their Board of Managers: Jan Coder, OFFICE: 214-590-8078 E-MAIL: jcoder@parknet.pmh.org Parkland’s Corporate Communications Dept: Robert Behrens, Public Relations Specialist OFFICE: 214-590-8054 FAX: 214-590-2740 E-MAIL: RBEHRE@parknet.pmh.org Ms. April Foran Director E-MAIL: aforan@parknetpmh.org Mr. Scott Henson (“Grits For Breakfast” blog) http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/ Mr. Matt Pulle, Staff Writer The Dallas Observer P.O. Box 190289 Dallas, TX 75219-0289 FAX: 214-757-8590 E-MAIL: matt.pulle@dallasobserver.com Mr. Kevin Krause Dallas Morning News E-MAIL: kkrause@dallasnews.com (Wrote 12/13/2006 article: “Feds detail fatal dangers at jail: suit threatened over care, Dallas County officials say conditions improving”) Ms. Sherry Jacobson Dallas Morning News Local News Columnist E-MAIL: sjacobson@dallasnews.com (Wrote 12/23/2006 article: “No party has lock on jail's woes.” Article is about Kenn S. George, the GOP's leader in Dallas County, writing a letter to the editor and blaming Sheriff Valdez, a Democrat, for all of the health-related problems at the jail. A quote from this article: “Never mind that her predecessor, Jim Bowles, a Republican, was master of the county jail for two decades, a period pockmarked with similar accusations of improper care and conditions.” Ms. Jaime S. Jordan Web Editor Dallas Business Journal FAX: 214-696-1486 E-MAIL: jsjordan@bizjournals.com (Wrote 12/14/06 article, “DOJ slams conditions at Dallas County Jail”.) ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS Ms. Janie Metzinger Public Policy Director Mental Health Assn. of Greater Dallas 624 N. Good-Latimer, Ste. 200 Dallas, TX 75204 OFFICE: 214-871-2420 ext. 114 FAX: 214-954-0611 E-MAIL: jmetzinger@mhadallas.org Ms. Diana Claitor, Executive Director Texas Jail Project E-MAIL: Diana@texasjailproject.org WEBSITE: http://www.texasjailproject.org/about Mr. Scott Medlock Prisoners’ Rights Attorney Texas Civil Rights Project 1405 Montopolis Drive Austin, TX 78741 OFFICE: 512-474-5073 ext. 105 E-MAIL: Scott@texascivilrightsproject.org WEBSITE: http://www.texascivilrightsproject.org/ (Call on Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. for initial screening; this is a requirement before they will discuss your case!) Mr. Dominic Gonzales, Director Fair Defense Project Texas Criminal Justice Coalition P.O. Box 301587 Austin, TX 78708-0027 OFFICE: 512-441-8123 E-MAIL: info@fairdefense.org WEBSITE: http://www.criminaljusticecoalition.org/ ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES David Finn, Esq. Principal Office: Dallas, Texas David Finn’s blog: http://dallascriminaldefenselawyer.blogspot.com/ Jeff Kobs, Esq. (Represented Mims) Kobs, Haney & Hundley Sundance Sq., 115 W. Second St., Ste. 204 Fort Worth, TX 76102 OFFICE: 817-332-5956 FAX: 817-332-2899 Russell Wilson II E-MAIL: attyrwilson@msn.com Wan J. Kim Asst. Attorney General Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530 OFFICE: 202-514-2151 FAX: 202-514-0293 David Deutsch, Esq. U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Office of the Asst. Attorney General, Main Washington, DC 20530 OFFICE: 202-514-6270 E-MAIL: David.Deutsch@usdoj.gov (Mr. Deutsch said he is the Sr. Trial Atty. responsible for the DOJ investigation of the DCJ.) The Honorable Richard B. Roper United States Attorney Northern District of Texas Earle Cabell Federal Bldg. 1100 Commerce St., Ste. 300 Dallas, TX 75242-1699 STATE GOVERNMENT Mr. Adan Muñoz, Executive Director Texas Commission on Jail Standards P.O. Box 12985 Austin, TX 78711-2985 OFFICE: 512-463-5505FAX: 512-463-3185 E-MAIL: adan.munoz@tcjs.state.tx.us WEBSITE: http://www.tcjs.state.tx.us Shannon Herklotz Complaint Inspector Texas Commission on Jail Standards P.O. Box 12985 Austin, TX 78711-2985 OFFICE: 512-463-5505FAX: 512-463-3185 E-MAIL: shannon.herklotz@tcjs.state.tx.us
Craig Watkins
Frank Crowley Courts Building
133 N Industrial Blvd, LB 19
Dallas, Texas 75207-4399
OFFICE: 214-653-3600 FAX: 214-653-5774
MEDIA
OFFICE: 214-757-8424
12801 North Central Expressway, Ste. 800
Dallas, Texas 75243-1862
OFFICE: 214-706-7106
1712 E. Riverside Drive, Box 190
Austin, Texas 78741
2828 N. Harwood, Suite 1950
Dallas, TX. 75201
OFFICE: (214) 651-1121
E-MAIL: JudgeFinn@DavidFinn.com
Fort Worth Office
One Summit Avenue, Suite 906
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
OFFICE: (817) 460-LAWS
OFFICE: (817) 460-5297
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
