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10 Jul 2012, 5:22 am
”But no county inmates are being housed in the Joe Corley Detention Center, County Judge Alan B. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 8:10 am
However, because ICE detention centers are full, there's not enough room for immigrants identified at the jails who committed serious crimes. [read post]
15 Oct 2013, 10:01 pm
The friend informed Justice Sharp that her daughter had been taken to the Brazoria County Juvenile Detention Center (hereinafter “Juvenile Detention”). [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 11:21 am
Mike Seale joined us on an extensive tour that included all the medical wings, the mental health ward, detention units and the booking center.The day I visited there were 8,820 inmates in the Harris County Jail, which is really four buildings in downtown Houston connected by underground tunnels. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 12:13 pm
Here are a few relevant data on inmate visitation from Houston and around the state as reported by James Pinkerton at the Houston Chronicle (Jan. 7)For years, visits have been a frustrating experience at the Harris County Jail, where visitation policies are among the most restrictive of the state's five largest county jails. [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 11:49 pm
I was pleased to see that audience members were being handed Considering a Private Jail, Prison or Detention Center, a pamphlet developed by Grassroots Leadership and South Texans Opposing Private Prisons, as well as a chart explaining the jail's proposed financing. [read post]
29 May 2008, 6:34 am
Advocates say the Casey reforms drive down detention costs, make lockups safer and reduce repeat offenses, improving public safety.In Indianapolis, early data show stark changes taking hold without a surge in juvenile crime.In 2004, the detention center held 171 detainees on an average day, far more than the 144 beds could accommodate. [read post]
7 Apr 2017, 9:43 am
Felony hate crimes charges have been filed against two Walker County jail guards for abusing an inmate in a racially tinged incident.Immigration and empty detention facilities: A match made in Hell Texas county jails are hoping that the Trumpian immigration roundups will result in new detention contracts for empty, overbuilt jails constructed on spec at the height of the incarceration boom. [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 6:43 pm
Greg Abbott or Texas A&M and the Quattrone Center? [read post]
10 Sep 2017, 6:46 am
Joseph County, Indiana.Wired magazine has a story about bail-reform efforts in New Jersey.In California, promising bail reform efforts blew up and won't be revived again until 2018.Because women are disproportionately impacted, some groups are seeking to put their stories at the center of the bail reform movement. [read post]
12 Dec 2009, 8:32 am
Jerry Stewart of the Houston County Sheriff's Department said the students are being held at the Crisp Youth Detention Center. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 7:34 am
Abbott has fired her, the Houston Chronicle reported. [read post]
6 Jul 2014, 5:10 am
"Private prison focus: ImmigrationThe blog Texas Prison Bidness highlights documented troubles at five "criminal alien requirement" prisons in Texas covered in an ACLU report released earlier this month:Reeves County Detention CenterEden Detention CenterWillacy County Correctional CenterBig Spring Correctional CenterGiles W. [read post]
26 May 2016, 7:22 am
Two different stories out of Houston portray folks chipping away at unnecessary local jail detention from different angles.Bail litigation adds oomph to reform pushFirst, see Lise Olsen's story, "Lawsuit adds pregnant mom who was jailed five days after traffic stop: Harris County pretrial detention practices challenged as unlawful," Houston Chronicle, May 24. [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 3:00 am
WLOS says that an outbreak of COVID-19 among Haywood County Detention Center staff members has been connected to a detention officer certification training event that was held recently at Haywood Community College. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 5:43 am
Found in the want ads in the Houston Chronicle:UT Health Science Center is hiring for positions including a psychiatrist, psychologists, nurses, hospital aides (psyc techs), social workers, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, recreational therapists and a chaplain for two units they are opening in March 2012.1. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 4:42 am
Reported the Waco Tribune-Herald (Nov. 13): Three correctional officers at the Jack Harwell Detention Center were arrested Thursday after allegedly changing documents to make it appear they conducted headcounts following the investigation of a suicide that occurred in the jail.Michael Crittenden, 24; Milton Walker, 33; and Christopher Simpson, 24, were each arrested on a charge of tampering with government documents,… [read post]
30 Sep 2014, 8:53 am
Even the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is air-conditioned. [read post]
30 Jun 2007, 2:48 am
An officer can give the Crisis Care center authority for "emergency detention," then leave within 15 minutes. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 7:20 am
The strange detention of Cheryl Irvin Check out this strange story of Judge Denise Collins in Houston ordering the (probably illegal) detention of a criminal defense lawyer in her courtroom to prevent her from conferring with her client. [read post]
