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  2. Harris County, Texas jails - Wikipedia

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    As of 2024 the Harris County jail facilities together have a capacity for 9,575 inmates; at time they have held over 12,000. Due to a state-mandated staffing ratio, the HCSO had to ship inmates to other jails, including some in Louisiana; in June 2010 1,600 Harris County inmates were serving time at other jails. By January 2012 the Harris ...

  3. Harris County Sheriff's Office - Wikipedia

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    As of 2012 the Harris County jail facilities together have a capacity for 9,434 inmates; at time they have held over 12,000. Due to the excess number of prisoners, the HCSO had to ship inmates to other jails, including some in Louisiana; in June 2010 1,600 Harris County inmates were serving time at other jails. By January 2012 the Harris County ...

  4. When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates ...

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    In 2021, Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that tablets would “fundamentally change” communication for the state’s more than 100,000 prison ...

  5. Homeless shelter - Wikipedia

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    Statistics from 2011 show that "on a given night in January 2010, 407,966 individuals were housed inside homeless shelters, transitional housing or on the streets. [82] Alternatively, jails have been used for healthcare enrollment by citizens in certain states. [83] Homeless shelters need to provide a variety of services to diverse residents.

  6. Homelessness in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Mental illness in Alaska is a current epidemic that the state struggles to manage. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness stated that as of January 2018, Alaska had an estimated 2,016 citizens experiencing homelessness on any given day while around 3,784 public school students experienced homelessness over the course of the year as well. [10]

  7. Is Housing First the solution to homelessness?

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    Shelters treat the symptom, housing is the cure “Temporary housing is expensive and, ultimately, a homeless person in a shelter is still a homeless person. …

  8. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Harris County law enforcement officials surround a residence in an armored vehicle in north Houston, Texas on January 1, 2025. The FBI said the activity is ...

  9. More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.