{"id":127473,"date":"2026-01-17T23:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/127473\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T23:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:05:12","slug":"governor-abbott-appoints-lubbock-county-sheriff-as-chair-of-texas-jail-standards-commission-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/127473\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Abbott appoints Lubbock County Sheriff as chair of Texas jail standards commission | North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LUBBOCK, Texas \u2014 Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kelly Rowe, the Lubbock County Sheriff, as the chair of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Rowe has been a board member since 2015, and his term was set to end in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Commission on Jail Standards is responsible for regulating all county and privately operated municipal jails in Texas, with a mission to assist local governments in maintaining safe and secure jail facilities. Sheriff Rowe&#8217;s appointment as chair extends his current term to an unspecified length, as he will serve until further notice from the Office of the Governor, according to a press release from the Lubbock County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Rowe expressed his gratitude for the appointment, stating, &#8220;The Texas Commission on Jail Standards does tremendously important work, ensuring the safety and preservation of rights for staff and inmates inside Texas\u2019 jails.&#8221; He also thanked Governor Abbott for the opportunity to utilize his extensive experience to serve the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas \u2014 Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kelly Rowe, the Lubbock County Sheriff, as the chair of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,223,430],"class_list":{"0":"post-127473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-north-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}