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In fact, hardly any cities have defunded cops â the troubling spike in homicide is probably pandemic-related
February 1, 2021 11:00AM (UTC)
A protester carries a sign that reads Defund The Police during the Black Women Matter Say Her Name march on July 3, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Protests continue around the country after the death of African Americans while in police custody. (Eze Amos/Getty Images)
Jolie McCullough
Texas Tribune
The pandemic has stalled much of the Texas criminal justice system. State prisons stopped accepting new inmates for several months last year, and most counties have not held a single criminal jury trial since last March.
But while many defendants are stuck in a county lockup waiting for a repeatedly delayed court date, crime still occurs and police continue to make arrests. The result: Numerous county jails are running out of room. There are quite a few counties that are having to contend with population issues, said Brandon Wood, executive director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. “All along we knew that the speed at which the courts were operating would eventually create another issue, and it’s starting to have that impact.”