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By January 2012 the Harris County jails had 8,573, a decrease by 31% from 2008 to 2012, and there were only 21 inmates serving time in other jail facilities, all in Texas. [11] The number of insane inmates in the jails increased since the Texas Legislature cut its community mental health services funding by $400 million in 2003.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the 1,118 square miles (2,900 km 2) of unincorporated area of Harris County, serving as the equivalent of the county police for the approximately 1,071,485 people living in the unincorporated areas of the county. In Texas, sheriffs and their deputies are fully empowered ...
Sherman Desselle. August 5, 2024 at 11:17 PM. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - The Harris County Jail remains out of compliance with state regulations following years of concerns about in-custody deaths and ...
Harris County, Texas. / 29.86°N 95.39°W / 29.86; -95.39. Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, [ 1] making it the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, the most populous city in ...
A man plays a game in the Brothers in Arms cell block, a new veteran-focused program, at the Harris County Joint Processing Center, part of the county jail system, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in ...
Money laundering scheme uncovered in Harris County Jail. Fox local. FOX 26 Digital Staff. July 24, 2024 at 12:28 AM. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg says her office ...
Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the location of the men's death row. Clemens Unit. Eastham Unit. Ellis Unit. W.J. Estelle Unit. Ferguson Unit. Thomas Goree Unit. Huntsville Unit – Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville. Gib Lewis Unit.
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.