Justice delayed because of Dallas County software rollout

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[Justice delayed, inmates lost in system because of Dallas County software rollout]( Before Dallas County implemented a new criminal case software system, Smith Noudaranouvong’s arrests for minor property theft, resisting arrest and possessing less than a gram of meth had resulted in jail stays of around six months or less. After the new system was installed in May 2023, he spent nine months in jail on new charges before he ever appeared in court because no one in the court system knew he was there, defense attorney Alison Grinter Allen said. Grinter Allen said Noudaranouvong is [one of many lost in the system]( after the software implementation went wrong. “If I could have just a clipboard and talk to them — I would take four weeks off and audit that jail because there are hundreds of people in there who are lost,” Grinter Allen said. 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