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10 Oct 2012, 8:24 am
The disrepute of Texas Jails just got bigger since it’s becoming national news that over in Houston, six employees at the Harris County Jail have been fired from their jobs because of allegations of sexual misconduct and failure to take actions to stop the misconduct on the part of those that should have done so. [read post]
29 Dec 2015, 4:54 am
The Harris County Jail is so large that, among US states, it would rank as a mid-sized prison system. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 3:58 am
It's already staggering to think that a proposed expansion of the Harris County jail would cost $256 million, or just more than a quarter-billion dollars. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 7:27 am
Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia this week "was called to testify before the U.S. [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 6:11 am
The Harris County Jail was already understaffed and relying on overtime to house the number of prisoners it holds now. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 6:18 am
More problems with guards smuggling contraband into the Harris County Jail. [read post]
5 Nov 2016, 7:33 am
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards this week approved having inmates sleep on plastic cots on the floor at the Harris County Jail, which already ships out hundreds of inmates to be housed in other counties. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 10:44 am
Here are links to a number of recent items from Texas Prison Bidness which deserve Grits readers' attention:Jury awards $2.25 million to family of man who died at LCS' Brooks County Detention CenterStudy: As Liberty County reduces jail population, ending privatization saves money (see a related, recent Grits post)Sexual abuse allegations at CEC's Liberty County JailDeaths at Dawson State Jail investigated by Dallas news stationSixth escape… [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 6:08 am
At the Houston Chronicle, James Pinkerton has a story today ("Discipline problems persist behind bars," Jan. 30) describing employee misconduct that spawned disciplinary actions and terminations at the Harris County Jail from 2008 to 2010. [read post]
6 Aug 2016, 11:52 am
That seems to be the mindset of Harris County jail officials. [read post]
23 Jan 2016, 7:06 am
Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman nearly halved the number of employees focused on compliance with jail standards despite critical, well-documented problems with jail safety issues. [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 5:51 am
The Houston Chronicle's James Pinkerton and Anita Hassan have published an important investigative feature on the Harris County Jail ("Jailhouse Jeopardy: Guards often brutalize, neglect inmates in the Harris County Jail, records show," Oct. 3). [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 8:21 am
In Harris County, the sheriff recently pleaded with a federal judge to address the issues of an overcrowded jail in Houston where six inmates and two employees succumbed to COVID-19. [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 8:21 am
In Harris County, the sheriff recently pleaded with a federal judge to address the issues of an overcrowded jail in Houston where six inmates and two employees succumbed to COVID-19. [read post]
25 Feb 2024, 8:20 am
Harris County is grappling with a mounting criminal case backlog and overcrowding in the county jail, the highest in the state. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 7:01 am
” Other county departments are laying off dozens of employees because of budget cuts. [read post]
18 Dec 2011, 10:57 am
(The state's biggest jail in Harris County is the iconic example, among many others.) [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 11:21 am
Another 1,037 Harris County inmates were in other Texas jails and 525 were housed in Louisiana, according to a datasheet Bernstein provided. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 8:45 am
Instead, it ruled the Harris County judges were the wrong plaintiffs. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 4:14 pm
Forty-three employees have received negative test results.After Harris, Dallas County faces the biggest numbers. [read post]
