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Dawson County officials continue to seek help to house local prisoners which the county jail here cannot accommodate.Members of the commissioners court are scheduled during their regular meeting Tuesday to consider contracting with Parmer County for inmate housing.That meeting will begin at 4 p.m. in the county courtroom at the courthouse.With the number of Dawson County prisoners normally exceeding the capacity of the local county jail, the sheriff’s office has contracted for several years with several area counties to house the local overflow.Earlier this year the commissioners court approved an agreement to add Scurry County to the list of counties ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

P.O. Box 710
Lamesa, TX 79331
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