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Harris County Steps towards Mental Health Treatment instead of Incarceration
Posted on · Some 3,000 people receive psychiatric treatment at the Harris County Jail each day, more than any other mental health hospital in Texas.
Tag: incarceration
Houston Matters
Author Resurrects The Lost Voices Of Texas Jailhouse Music
Posted on · In her book, Texas Jailhouse Music, Caroline Gnagy tells the stories of musicians inside Texas prisons in the 1920s and 1930s.
Houston Matters
Organization Reintegrates Gang Members Into Society Using Mentors
Posted on · 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
Posted on · Sheriff Ed Gonzalez moved all Harris County inmates back in-house, potentially saving millions in taxpayer dollars.
Houston Matters
State of Jails & Prisons in Greater Houston
Posted on · 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? Itâs a question that perhaps is best answered in two stages â first, by examining how inmates are processed through jail (and what will […]