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Tag: jail

Criminal Justice

Lawsuits and protests: Texas county jails are on the brink during the pandemic

Paul Flahive, TPR

Posted on October 27, 2021 · After 18 months of a pandemic, high jail populations, infections and deserting staff, county jailers say the pandemic is brining longtime structural issues at county detention to light.

Tags Coronavirus COVID-19 jail sheriff

Coronavirus

Gov. Greg Abbott Has Lifted Almost All Texas Pandemic Restrictions. But Not The One Limiting Jail Releases

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on June 10, 2021 · As he was fighting for the Legislature to change state bail laws, the governor continued his emergency order to restrict no-cost jail releases during the pandemic. At least several Texas courts have deemed the order unconstitutional.

Tags coronavirus pandemic Covid restrictions Governor Greg Abbott jail

Election 2020

Thousands Of Texans Can’t Vote Because They’re On Parole Or Probation

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on November 2, 2020 · Lori Mellinger is voting for the first time in 10 years. She was just one of the thousands of Texans every year whose voting rights are taken away because of being on parole or probation.

Tags felony jail parole prison probation TXDecides

Criminal Justice

People Inside Texas Jails Detail Conditions Making It Hard To Fight COVID-19

Paul DeBenedetto

Posted on June 18, 2020 · Recordings and letters provided to Houston Public Media provide a glimpse into the jails as COVID-19 continues to spread across Texas.

Tags harris county jail jail taylor county Travis County wood county

Criminal Justice

Conversations Inside Harris County Jail Reveal Difficulty Of Stopping COVID-19 Spread

Paul DeBenedetto

Posted on May 6, 2020 · Health professionals are afraid of an outbreak in Harris County Jail spreading into the community. Phone calls with inmates inside the jail underscore that concern.

Tags Coronavirus COVID-19 harris county jail jail

News

Hidalgo Recuses Herself From Two Lawsuits Involving Harris County Jail

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on January 4, 2019 · The new county judge also says she will not accept “political contributions” from individuals or companies that currently do or seek to do business with the county.

Tags austin david james harris county jail Lina Hidalgo salcido Smith texas civil rights project

Houston Matters

Jail Sanitation Standards, And The XFL In Houston: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The Week’s News

Abner Fletcher

Posted on December 7, 2018 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts breaks down stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

Tags food standards harris county jail jail professional football TDECU Stadium The Good The Bad and The Ugly Vivian Ho Vlad Davidiuk Wayne Ashley XFL XFL football

News

New Suicide Hotline Addresses Mental Health Needs at Harris County Jail

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on October 10, 2018 · During the first week the hotline was in operation, inmates at the jail made 169 calls.

Tags crisis line harris county harris county sheriff's office inmates jail mental health prison

News

Harris County Jail Inmate Dies in Solitary Confinement

Davis Land

Posted on July 26, 2018 · The Texas Rangers are investigating the death

Tags death harris county inmate jail Suicide

News

US Says Immigrant Dies Of ‘Apparent Suicide’ In Texas Jail

Associated Press

Posted on June 11, 2018 · Authorities have confirmed a Honduran man who entered the U.S. illegally killed himself in a Texas jail

Tags Honduras immigration jail Suicide texas

News

Condemned Texas Inmate Accepts Plea Deal For Life Sentences

Associated Press

Posted on June 6, 2018 · Michael Wayne Norris was convicted for the November 1986 shooting deaths of 38-year-old Georgia Rollins and her son, Keith

Tags houston jail life sentence murder prison

Texas

East Texas Jail Inmate Flees, Believed Headed To Dallas

Associated Press

Posted on June 4, 2018 · Inmate at Harrison County jail disappears from work detail

Tags escape harrison county inmate jail

News

Ruling That Harris County’s Bail System Unfair To Poor Mostly Upheld

Associated Press

Posted on February 15, 2018 · First Assistant County Attorney Robert Soard said the county has been "working diligently to improve the criminal justice system" and the county remains committed to settling the lawsuit.

Tags bond harris county jail lawsuit

News

Settlement Reached In Lawsuit Over Sweltering Texas Prison

Associated Press

Posted on February 5, 2018 · Prison system spokesman Jason Clark said the deal would provide additional safeguards for Pack Unit inmates susceptible to extreme heat

Tags heat jail lawsuit prison

News

Poor Inmates Sue Dallas County Over Bail System Following Harris County Ruling

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on January 22, 2018 · The bail reform fight has made its way to Dallas County, where poor inmates sued officials over the claim that the county's money bail system discriminates against them.

Tags Dallas County harris county inmates jail

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