Lubbock Inmates Transferred After Water Line Busts
By: Kristen Kennedy
Updated: October 11, 2008
More than 80 Lubbock County inmates are moving to jails across the South Plains Saturday night. A water line busted underneath the Lubbock County Jail Saturday around 2 a.m. Sheriff Gutierrez described the damage like a river running through the first floor of the facility. Eighty-six minimum risk inmates are now being housed in Hale, Terry and Dickens County jails. Work crews say the water line bust happened in between the old and new sections of the jail. They're still working to identify the location and clean up the first floor.
"We've got things under control and we've shut down visitation services, volunteer services, weekend religious services, everything is shut down," says Sheriff Guiterrez.
Work crews set up port-a-potties today and the Salvation Army and Red Cross are supplying inmates with bottled water.
"We've got things under control and we've shut down visitation services, volunteer services, weekend religious services, everything is shut down," says Sheriff Guiterrez.
Work crews set up port-a-potties today and the Salvation Army and Red Cross are supplying inmates with bottled water.
