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3 Nov 2007, 11:28 pm
In Smith, Brazos, and Harris Counties, though, voters should shoot down expensive proposals for new jail building, all of which would require immediate tax hikes, and insist their elected officials manage their jail populations better. [read post]
2 Sep 2023, 8:41 am
” The Harris County Jail system is also no stranger to lawsuits. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 4:57 am
The Harris County Jail has been cited again by the Commission on Jail Standards for overcrowding, but as has long been the case really their problem is understaffing. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 7:20 am
There should be something on pretrial detention in the committee's interim report, however.See related Grits posts:Reduce pretrial detention to stave off overcrowding Elected Officials Guide to Jail Population Management Judges have tools to reduce Harris jail overcrowding if they'll use themShipping inmates to other counties won't lower Harris jail population, just scatter itCounties that rejected new jails must now get… [read post]
30 Jul 2023, 10:05 am
The post Family of Man Killed in Harris County Jail Overcome Qualified Immunity appeared first on . [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 6:09 am
On Sunday, Grits broke the news that Corrections Corporation of America had submitted a bid to manage the Harris County Jail, citing information given to investors about a county-issued RFP which hadn't been reported in the local media. [read post]
5 May 2008, 11:53 pm
The Harris County Jail is certified to hold a maximum of 9,400 inmates. [read post]
8 Oct 2014, 5:00 am
The main Harris County jails include: Harris County Jail – 701 San Jacinto and 1200 Baker Street Harris County Jail – 14350 Wallisville Rd, Houston, TX 77049 (713) 455-8050 Harris County Jail – 7900 Will Clayton Pkwy, Humble, TX 77338 (281) 446-3252 Bakers Street Jail – 1307 Baker St, Houston, TX 77002 (713) 755-2400 Harris County Jail – 1200 Baker St, Houston, TX… [read post]
7 Jan 2012, 6:21 am
My position at the time was, "if you build it, they will come"; new jail construction, Grits argued, would accommodate bad policies while jail crowding forced the system's collective managers to confront them. [read post]
20 Apr 2014, 4:00 am
Rodney Ellis and Texas Civil Right Project chief James Harrington recently wrote a letter to the Harris County Budget and Management Office suggesting alternatives to incarceration to avoid continuous requests for variances from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for extra jail beds, something the county has done eleven times since 2006. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 1:12 am
Said the editorial board,A number of factors put Harris County jail managers in the position of having to ship prisoners out of state to lower the inmate population. [read post]
2 Aug 2016, 7:03 am
Records show he and other Harris County inmates who died in jail had flu, sepsis and other treatable infections. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 5:19 am
"See the full report (pdf).See also related Grits posts:Harris jail noncompliance caused by use of pretrial detention to coerce plea dealsBail bondsmen not hurting for business in Harris CountyBail bond industry seeks to retain monopolyReduce Harris County Jail costs through smarter policiesIncreased Harris County Jail costs, inmate numbers third highest in nation over last decade Reduce pretrial detention to stave off overcrowding Elected… [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 2:58 am
" The consultant, Justice Management Institute, specifically recommended that "The courts should seek to develop cost-effective common policies concerning when drug testing should be ordered," but that never happened. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 9:02 am
No wonder Harris County voters were reticent to give the Sheriff a bigger jail to manage! [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 8:01 am
That would have a real impact of improving public safety in Harris County. [read post]
18 Dec 2011, 11:50 am
Does Corrections Corporation of America really believe they may soon manage the Harris County Jail under contract? [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 5:27 pm
The most widely cited report documenting these problems was requested by Harris County and published by the Justice Management Institute (JMI) in June 2009. [read post]
21 Jan 2019, 6:15 am
So TDCJ's suicide situation isn't notably better than the Harris County Jail. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 11:21 am
Thanks to Alan Bernstein at the Harris County Sheriff's Office for arranging a tour of the Harris jail last week, which I visited to receive a first-hand pitch regarding why Sheriff Adrian Garcia wants to expand facilities. [read post]
