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7 Jun 2007, 11:06 pm
," the Galveston County Commissioners Court entered a new cost cutting contract for jail healthcare with the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, even though UTMB's healthcare delivery at the Dallas Jail and Texas prisons has been poor and generated lawsuits. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 7:27 am
As I wrote on Friday, many Galveston inmates were sitting in jail awaiting trial or for low-level offenses who could have been released if the county had planned ahead. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 2:42 am
Read the rest of the article here by ProgressiveSouth Sat Sep 13, 2008 at 05:02:44 PM PDT Cross-posted at Facing South Texas-based blog Grits for Breakfast is covering the shocking news that Galveston Island's sheriff -- despite official warnings that those who stayed in Galveston faced "certain death" -- refused to evacuate at least 1,000 people in the county jail. [read post]
14 Sep 2008, 6:43 am
Still no word on what happened with the 1,000 inmates and their jailers stranded at the Galveston County jail during Hurricane Ike. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 2:30 pm
If you are accused of a crime and arrested in Galveston County, Texas, you better hope you can afford to pay the preset bail amount to get out of jail. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 4:00 pm
Sure looks like it to me. 09/16/2008 GALVESTON â€â [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 1:10 am
The UTMB-Galveston Faculty Association blog identifies the common reasoning between Jefferson County's recent decision not to hire UTMB for its jail healthcare (discussed on Grits here) and Dallas County's decision to end its contract with the Galveston medical school: UTMB wants "to make mistakes and have the contracting county eat the resulting lawsuits. [read post]
14 Sep 2008, 6:56 am
Galveston Island residents were told to flee Hurricane Ike or face "certain death," but the Sheriff has inexplicably decided not to evacuate 1,000 prisoners from the county jail, even though serious flooding has already begun. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 5:51 pm
There was an earlier report that six feet of water surged into the county courthouse next door, but this morning CNN reports "The storm flooded the historic district with 7 feet of water, which has since subsided to 4 feet, according to a Galveston county official. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 10:15 am
However, recently the Galveston County Sheriff’s Department instituted a new jail policy to stop it. [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 2:20 pm
The lawsuit alleges that Galveston County’s money bail system violates the Constitution by keeping people in jail if they cannot afford bail. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 9:45 am
Texas Commission on Jail Standards Chief Adan Munoz is headed down to Galveston today to check on the deputies and inmates who've been stranded in the county jail after Hurricane Ike without electricity, working toilets or running water.Victoria jail still evacuated. [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 11:38 pm
For now, see coverage of the TCRP report from the Galveston County News and some contemporary Grits coverage:Hubris: Galveston Sheriff leaves inmates, deputies in Hurricane's pathWaiting for word on 1,000 prisoners stranded at Galveston jailGalveston jail unprepared for Ike aftermathUPDATE: See the Houston Chronicle's coverage of the TCRP report. [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 1:47 pm
" The plaintiff, Aaron Booth, is currently detained in the Galveston County Jail... [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 1:59 pm
There's an odd editorial in the Beaumont Enterprise about the Galveston County Jail ending its policy of taping inmate-attorney phone conversations. [read post]
28 Dec 2007, 12:57 am
Here are several jail related items I've been watching that may interest Grits readers:Federal suit filed against Dallas jail for medical neglectThis has been a long time coming: A civil rights lawsuit filed by Jeffrey Ellard alleging medical neglect at the Dallas County Jail, especially notable as the first such litigation since Parkland hospital took over medical care at the jail from UTMB Galveston's correctional managed care… [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 1:12 pm
The Faculty Association at UTMB Galveston has been watching the Dallas jail fiasco from afar, and they couldn't help but notice their own employer's prominent role and alleged culpability. [read post]
23 Nov 2007, 11:55 pm
It's a bad idea, and not just for NIMBY reasons.UTMB rejected for Beaumont jail healthcare contractIn Beaumont, Jefferson County Commissioners rejected a bid by UTMB Galveston to operate jail healthcare, relying instead on a company called NaphCare. [read post]
Feds sue over Dallas jail healthcare: 'If people treated animals this way, they would be prosecuted'
14 Sep 2007, 5:32 am
The feds have sued Dallas County over poor health conditions in the jail, reported AP yesterday:Federal prosecutors allege in a lawsuit that inmates at the Dallas County Jail are at risk of harm because of unsafe jail conditions and a lack of proper health care. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 10:01 pm
Sunday incident near Dickinson, the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. [read post]
