Posted on · Staff from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards conducted the inspection. The Harris County Sheriff's Office, which operates the facility, has 30 days to file a corrective plan.
Posted on · Inmates who answer “yes” to certain questions are automatically flagged for suicide risk.
Posted on · A year ago last April, a 26-year-old welder named Chad Silvis was at his wits’ end. His job, his life – they weren’t working out. He was sitting on the railing of a bridge connecting Kemah to Seabrook, Texas when police found him, and took him to the Kemah City jail. They charged him with […]
Posted on · We all experience peaks and valleys in our lives. Great accomplishments, health scares, personal milestones, economic woes; some years you’re up, others you’re down. But you’d be hard-pressed to find many Houstonians who have been on a roller coaster ride to match J.R. Richard, a mainstay in the Houston Astros rotation throughout the 1970s, and […]