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Tag: incarceration

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Harris County Steps towards Mental Health Treatment instead of Incarceration

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on October 10, 2018 · Some 3,000 people receive psychiatric treatment at the Harris County Jail each day, more than any other mental health hospital in Texas. 

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Houston Matters

Author Resurrects The Lost Voices Of Texas Jailhouse Music

Abner Fletcher

Posted on December 14, 2017 · In her book, Texas Jailhouse Music, Caroline Gnagy tells the stories of musicians inside Texas prisons in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Houston Matters

Organization Reintegrates Gang Members Into Society Using Mentors

Abner Fletcher

Posted on October 10, 2017 · We revisit our conversation with Charles Rotramel of Houston re:Vision, an organization that works with young people who’ve been involved with gangs, helping reintegrate them into society and pairing them with mentors.

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Harris County Nixes Private Prisons

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on August 1, 2017 · Sheriff Ed Gonzalez moved all Harris County inmates back in-house, potentially saving millions in taxpayer dollars.

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Houston Matters

State of Jails & Prisons in Greater Houston

Michael Hagerty

Posted on December 18, 2013 · One way to judge the quality of a society is to look at how it treats its prisoners. If we were to do that here in Houston, what would we see? It’s a question that perhaps is best answered in two stages – first, by examining how inmates are processed through jail (and what will […]

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