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4 Oct 2014, 7:23 am
A story in the Houston Chronicle (Oct. 3) opened:A state parole commissioner in Huntsville has been taken off the job after being indicted for tampering with an official document, accused of falsifying state records to incorrectly show that inmates refused to go to their parole interviews.The alleged omission by Pamela D. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 7:06 am
Imagine if the Harris County Public Defender suffered the same sort of conflict when the Jonathan Salvador fiasco arose at the DPS crime lab in Houston? [read post]
29 Aug 2017, 8:00 am
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen noted that, while 18 counties were currently eligible for relief, he anticipates that IRS will provide “additional relief for other affected areas in the near future”. [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 2:33 pm
Board of Education, despite Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis' grandiose declaration to that effect. [read post]
11 Dec 2006, 12:23 am
A special mental health court opened up this summer in Houston. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 3:37 pm
In case you missed it the Harris County Commissioners Court decided to appoint a Jail Czar to act as a liaison between the Harris County Judges and the Harris County Jail. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 4:47 am
The Harris County Commissioner's Court next week (September 29) is scheduled to consider a proposal to create a public defender office, and in preparation the Texas Fair Defense Project yesterday issued a new "white paper" (pdf) detailing benefits the county could expect if it establishes one. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 8:30 am
Harris County Commissioners Court agreed to study this issue.Viren also writes a sidebar, "Public defender system has its critics. [read post]
29 Aug 2017, 8:00 am
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen noted that, while 18 counties were currently eligible for relief, he anticipates that IRS will provide “additional relief for other affected areas in the near future”. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 7:20 am
"Pew says Harris County's jail expenditures increased by a greater percentage than all but two metropolitan jails in the country: Philadelphia, PA, which has its own longstanding issues, and Maricopa County (Phoenix), where Sheriff Joe Arpaio's shenanigans drove up costs 106% from 1999 - 2009, compared to 34% in Houston. [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 12:55 am
Voters rejected a new jail last year, but the Harris County Commissioners Court wants to shove one down their throat, anyway, reports the Houston Chronicle ("Deal on jail, stadium, Dome in homestretch," Aug. 24), using a tax-increment financing scheme:The city of Houston and Harris County are negotiating a deal that could pave the way for construction of a new soccer stadium, a new jail and the redevelopment of the Astrodome, according to… [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 12:05 pm
Meanwhile, the Houston Chronicle has called for beefing up civilian oversight at Houston PD and the Harris County Commissioners Court wants to create oversight mechanisms for the sheriff and constables' offices at the county level. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 6:54 am
Kuff has been helpfully tracking the latest budget debates surrounding the Harris County Jail after the Houston Chronicle reported that: The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is projected to overspend its annual budget by $51 million, the third straight year it has blown past its planned expenditures by at least $40 million. [read post]
2 Nov 2008, 7:46 am
An AP story published in the Houston Chronicle says the economy may doom Smith County's jail bond proposal on Tuesday's ballot:The most contentious local bond election Tuesday in Texas might be in Smith County, where voters in the ultraconservative heart of East Texas could reject a jail expansion proposal for the fourth time in three years. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 1:12 am
A round trip from Houston to Epps can take up to 14 hours. [read post]
13 Apr 2008, 12:44 am
The Houston Chronicle this morning published an excellent letter from a local attorney in support of creating a public defender office in Harris County:As a lawyer, I read the story about Commissioners Court funding a study whether a public defender's office in Harris County is needed and feasible with great interest. [read post]
13 Aug 2018, 6:00 am
” Locations: • Southwest Multi-Service Center, 6400 High Star Dr., Houston 77074 • Mangum-Howell Center, 2500 Frick Rd., Houston 77038 • Northeast Multi-Service Center, 9720 Spaulding St., Houston 77016 • Magnolia Multi-Service Center, 7037 Capitol St., Houston 77011 The clinics are possible through a grant from the Foundation of the American College of Trial Lawyers and co-sponsored by the HBA, Houston Health Department, and… [read post]
12 Jun 2013, 6:19 pm
That seems to be the idea behind what's going on here, with the twist that the artist is a Buddhist monk.Ellis County may privatize jailThe Ellis County (Waxahachie) commissioners issued an RFP to privatize their county jail, we learn from Texas Prison Bidness. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 9:11 am
In October, Harris County commissioners terminated a contract with Culbertson’s current employer to provide DWI testing in the county. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 1:42 am
Reacting to this Grits post proposing alternative solutions to jail building in Harris County, the Sheriff's Public Affairs director, former Houston Chronicle reporter Alan Bernstein, left these comments in rebuttal: So much misinformation! [read post]
