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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 ...
Carol S. Vance was a former district attorney of Harris County (Houston), Texas, who served in that office from 1966 to 1979, and a former board member of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, which governs the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Vance was born in 1933. For a period Vance was a resident of the Westbury area of Houston. [1]
Rodney Glenn Ellis (born April 7, 1954) [1] is an American politician who has served on the Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 since 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
In August 2020, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis was investigated by her public corruption unit for the unauthorized storage of art, and was later cleared by a grand jury. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Ellis was a strong advocate for misdemeanor bail reform and critical of Ogg's late opposition to the settlement.
Approved a former lover's $11,000 raise [19] On 28-March-2008, Rosenthal was found in contempt of court for destroying 2,500 e-mails subpoenaed in a federal court case. [20] Harris County taxpayers paid US$400 per hour for attorney fees to represent Rosenthal in his contempt hearing. Although the contract was capped at US$50,000, taxpayers were ...
Jim Sharp, state court judge, 2009–2014; Stephen Susman (1941–2020), plaintiffs attorney and a founding partner of Susman Godfrey; Sylvester Turner, 62nd Mayor of Houston; Kathryn J. Whitmire, first female Mayor of Houston; served five terms; Jared Woodfill, Houston attorney and former chairman of the Harris County Republican Party [54]
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
He sued Texas officials over the voting restrictions law passed by the legislature in 2021, [9] and challenged state officials' demands to audit the 2020 [7] and 2022 [10] elections in Harris County. After state officials auditing the 2020 election announced they would send a contingent of inspectors to observe Harris County's 2022 general ...