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31 May 2012, 7:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But my fear is that he'll consider resource allocation at the jail (Democratic) Sheriff Adrian Garcia's problem, changing policies to reverse the remarkable decline in inmate numbers that has dramatically relieved county budget pressure from corrections spending. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 8:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Changing the party designation of the Sheriff from D to R wouldn't alter that dynamic in the slightest.RELATED: Here's Charles Kuffner's interview with incumbent Sheriff Adrian Garcia. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 7:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Via press release, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia tomorrow morning will address a subject I think few Texans are aware of: That the Harris County Jail is "The Largest Mental Health Provider in Texas. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 2:41 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Houston Chronicle by Susan Carroll Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia is leading an effort to block proposed budget cuts in the controversial 287(g) program that has helped local law enforcements authorities identify more than 275,000 undocumented immigrants in their custody. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 3:20 am by SHG
  That Sheriff Adrian Garcia is a sensitive soul doesn't make him a bad person, though guys who run jails aren't usually delicate teacups. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 6:51 pm by Mark Bennett
He went on to ask for “specific evidence” of those allegations, and concluded: Sheriff Adrian Garcia and staff strive to provide the public with a safe (for inmates, staff, visitors and others) environment that complies with and often surpasses all regulations and accreditation standards. [read post]
7 Jan 2012, 6:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reports the Houston Chronicle's Mike Morris this morning ("Thanks to less crowding, overflow inmates staying in Harris"):Dropping inmate numbers at the Harris County Jail will let the county end its nearly 5-year-old practice of shipping overflow inmates to Louisiana and other Texas counties within days, Sheriff Adrian Garcia said this week.The jail population has fallen 31 percent since 2008, to 8,573 inmates. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 4:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"My inspector there this morning mentioned the cells were not only overcrowded but they smelled, it was filthy,'' Munoz said.County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said overcrowding in holding cells is due to a shortage of jailers, adding he has repeatedly asked for authorization to replace some of the 300 full-time jailers who have left. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 6:58 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Those persons – the straw-purchasers – included Laredo residents Adrian Bustos, 26, Mario Magana, 25, Homero Garcia III, Manuel Rangel, 40, Hector Lozano III, 25, and Jose Angel Monsivais, 38. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 4:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Ironically, though the article portrays this suggestion as an attack on Sheriff Adrian Garcia, the suggestion probably plays into his hands politically by setting the Sheriff up as a champion against privatization in they eyes of the deputies union, who otherwise aren't his biggest fans.RELATED (4/22): Harris County Jail scaling back visitation hours. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 8:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reports AP:Snitching could lead to up to $5,000 for Harris County Jail inmates as investigators encourage detainees to phone in tips to Crime Stoppers.The Houston Chronicle reports Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia planned to announce the program Tuesday.Garcia says inmates have crucial information that could help deputies solve or prevent crimes. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 5:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It's not the jail's own funding, however, that is precipitating the crisis: It is the fact that county Sheriff Adrian Garcia's office contracts with the Harris County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority to provide its mental health services, and MHMRA, already struggling financially, is facing severe budget cuts. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 2:15 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
This year, Harris County has had from 900 to 1,250 parole violators in jail each month.As local and state budgets get increasingly tightened, Sheriff Adrian Garcia and other members of the Sheriffs' Association of Texas are asking the Legislature for help with jail costs. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 7:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So some jurisdictions have found a way to reverse the one-way ratchet that continues to increase incarceration levels even when crime is declining.Hair Balls notes that "Alan Bernstein, a spokesman for Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia, says the stats in the study are correct but draws attention to the period covered, which is almost entirely before Garcia's term began. [read post]