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20 Dec 2012, 6:42 pm by JP Sarmiento
A stash house for illegal immigrants in one of the houses in Harris County in Texas was discovered to have 48 people living inside including some children. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 2:41 pm by Susan I. Nelson
The three Texas agencies that participate in 287(g) are the Carrollton and Farmers Branch Police Departments near Dallas and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. [read post]
5 May 2008, 11:53 pm
Kuff has more.Related Grits posts:DOJ investigating Harris County JailMarc Levin: What should Harris County do now that jail bonds have failed? [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 11:09 pm
Then recently the Texas Youth Commission entered into an Agreed Order to end litigation over the Evins Unit in South Texas.Now, the feds are turning their sights on the massive Harris County Jail system, AP reports (March 7):The U.S. [read post]
2 Sep 2023, 8:41 am by John Floyd
”   The Harris County Jail system is also no stranger to lawsuits. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 1:12 am
Thomas writes:McVicker asserted that "Harris County officials have been criticized for failing to hire enough guards" and declares the alleged failure to be "a problem that has led to ... reprimands by state authorities. [read post]
30 Jun 2018, 9:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Apparently in Waco, as at the White House these days, FBI investigators are now considered the enemy. [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 3:09 pm by admin
Federal judges in Harris and Dallas Counties ruled that the bail systems in those counties was unconstitutional. [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 4:41 pm by Michael
  To schedule a consultation, call us today at (713) 974-1151 or visit me on the web at busby-lee.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael Busby Jr. is a Divorce, Family Law, & Houston Divorce Lawyer,  who practices in Harris County Texas and the counties that surround Harris County, Texas. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 3:37 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
So many county officials want that authority I'm a bit surprised it hasn't happened already.The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition sent policy analyst Sarah Carswell to testify. [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 8:05 am by Lindsay Stafford Mader
Newell, a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, was most recently an assistant criminal district attorney for Harris and Fort Bend counties. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 4:41 pm by Michael Busby
  To schedule a consultation, call us today at (713) 974-1151 or visit me on the web at busby-lee.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael Busby Jr. is a Divorce, Family Law, & Houston Divorce Lawyer,  who practices in Harris County Texas and the counties that surround Harris County, Texas. [read post]
Harris County Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has extended the Harris County “Stay Home – Work Safe Order” – which was set to expire on April 3, 2020 – until April 30, 2020. [read post]
21 Nov 2014, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This session, her bill allowing such pilots in Bexar, Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Nueces, Travis, and Webb counties is HB 65.Legislation authorizing a pilot needle-exchange program passed once before back in 2007. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 4:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reported James Pinkerton at the Houston Chronicle (Oct. 11):The state jail commission cited Harris County for having 355 prisoners more than authorized in 19 cells in the basements of two criminal justice buildings on Monday, the latest setback in a chronically overcrowded jail system that costs taxpayers $18 million a year in overtime alone.The citations were issued by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, after inspectors made a surprise inspection at 5 a.m. [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 9:21 am by Michael Busby
About the Author Michael Busby Jr. is a divorce & family law attorney,  who practices in Harris and Fort Bend Counties, Texas. [read post]
22 Jun 2013, 8:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Voters in Smith and Harris County rejected new jails and that seemed to free up county commissioners elsewhere to begin openly talking about alternatives to incarceration without seeming "soft on crime." [read post]