H.R. No. 2411
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, National Correctional Officers and Employees Week
is being observed from May 3 to 9, 2015, and this is a fitting
opportunity to celebrate the dedication and hard work of the staff
of the Dallas County Sheriff's Department; and
WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan created National
Correctional Officers Week in 1984, and two years later, Congress
expanded the focus to honor both correctional officers and other
vital employees of our nation's prisons and jails; and
WHEREAS, The seventh-largest jail system in the nation, the
Dallas County Jail is staffed by 1,500 licensed detention officers
and 200 clerks, and its facilities encompass five jails and a
state-of-the-art, centralized medical and mental health unit; the
system supports more than 85 law enforcement agencies in the Dallas
County area, and it has passed inspection by the Texas Commission on
Jail Standards for six years in a row; and
WHEREAS, Each year, 80,000 inmates are booked into the Dallas
County Jail, which provides custodial care and control for
approximately 6,000 inmates on any given day; the volume of work
accomplished annually by the jail's detention service officers and
employees includes the transporting of approximately 20,000
inmates for a total distance of about 1.5 million miles, the
supervising of 400,000 sick calls and off-site appointments, and
the dispensing of 5 million pills, as well as the serving of more
than 9 million inmate meals and the washing of 3.4 million pounds of
laundry; jail staff also process 100,000 criminal and civil court
cases a year and more than 1.7 million pages of documents, such as
police reports, fingerprint cards, medical forms, and jail records,
every month; and
WHEREAS, Correctional officers and employees fill a
demanding role in our society, simultaneously ensuring the safety
of the public and the welfare of the inmates in their care, and they
handle their often dangerous duties with courage, patience, and
resourcefulness; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby honor the detention service officers and
employees of the Dallas County Sheriff's Department on the occasion
of National Correctional Officers and Employees Week and extend to
them sincere best wishes for continued success in their important
work.
Rose
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2411 was adopted by the House on May
21, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House