Showing posts with label Harris County Jail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harris County Jail. Show all posts
Thursday, August 16, 2018

A senseless death in the Harris County Jail

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Debora Ann Lyons is the second inmate in the Harris County Jail to commit suicide in the last month . Ms. Lyons, who was taken into custody ...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Oh, I'm sorry, was that the record button I just pushed?

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On Wednesday Grits for Breakfast  gave us the inside scoop on a scandal in Austin over video-monitoring at the county jail . It seems that, ...
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Friday, December 20, 2013

Making the trains run on time

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I heard from a colleague the other day that after a trial in which his client was acquitted the judge ordered the defendant taken back to ja...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

No more room at the inn

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Anyone who practices criminal law in Harris County knows that the Harris County Jail is packed to the gills. The two main causes that people...
Friday, October 11, 2013

The unintended consequences of a campaign pledge

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Back when the late Mike Anderson was running for DA against incumbent Pat Lykos he attacked her over and over again for her decision not to ...
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Just another death in the Harris County Jail

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On January 16, 2011, Norman Hicks was assaulted by a detention officer in the Harris County Jail. Christopher Pool hit Mr. Hicks in the face...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Getting credit where credit isn't due

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A man who puts out a fire on his neighbor's property should be commended for his actions. Going out of one's way to help someone els...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Sheriff proposed video conferencing at the county jail

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Video conferencing. Virtual jail visits. Meeting with your client without ever leaving the office. It's the wave of the future. Better c...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Staggering dockets won't relieve jail overcrowding

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Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia has taken it upon himself to try to resolve the county's long-term problem of jail overcrowding. It...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Stuffed to the gills

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Forget about all that 6th Amendment nonsense about the right to counsel, Harris County has decided that's not nearly so important as cra...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Harris County Sheriff looks to ankle monitors to reduce overcrowding

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Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia is looking into allowing low-risk inmate at the county jail to serve their time at home with ankle monit...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Welfare, Harris County-style

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So it looks like Harris County and the City of Houston have agreed on a plan to foot part of the costs for a stadium for the Houston Dynamo ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Harris County to raze "old" jail

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Harris County commissioners today accepted a report from architecture firm PGAL that recommends tearing down the eyesore that is 1301 Frankl...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Houston mayor singing different tune on immigration as Senate campaign heats up

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Has Mayor Bill White flip-flopped on screening county inmates' immigration status ? Shortly after HPD Officer Rick Salter was critically...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Harrowing tales of conditions in the Harris County Jail

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Randall Patterson of The Houston Press penned an article in the current issue on the conditions inside the Harris County Jail . Mr. Patterso...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Harris County to ship inmates to other Texas counties

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The Houston Chronicle reported today that Harris County is on the verge of entering into an agreement with four other counties to house Har...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Harris County trails only LA and NYC for largest daily jail population

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A quarter of the Harris County budget goes to fund law enforcement, with over $750,000 spent every day on inmates at the Harris County Jail,...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Ex-judge named Harris County jail czarina

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Interesting news that ex-State District Judge Caprice Cosper has been named to head a commission to figure out what to do about the overcrow...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Feds concerned about healthcare and violence at the Harris County Jail

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The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice didn't have much good to say about the Harris County Jail in their report issued ...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Harris County Jail draws ire of the feds

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So it's not enough that the Harris County Jail has failed four of the last six inspections conducted by the Texas State Commission on Ja...