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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.
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 ...
Sep. 18—The family of a man who died by suicide in the Santa Fe County jail accuses jail administrators of negligence in a new lawsuit. Marcos Montoya, 42, died in September 2022, after he had ...
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 ...
The Harris County Sheriff's Office operates jail facilities and is the primary provider of law enforcement services to the unincorporated areas of the county. The sheriff is the conservator of the peace in the county. The Harris County jail facilities are in northern downtown on the north side of the Buffalo Bayou.
The Harris County Jail is facing renewed scrutiny after failing to meet state regulations, with overcrowding, ... of the 7,466 inmates currently housed in the Harris County Jail, over 1,500 are ...
Jorge Avila-Torrez. Murdered 20-year-old Navy Petty Officer Amanda Jean Snell in Virginia. 10 years, 114 days. Northern Neck Regional Jail. 16054-084. Avila-Torrez was later linked to the rapes and murders of eight-year-old Laura Hobbs and nine-year-old Krystal Tobias in his hometown of Zion, Illinois.
HOUSTON - An investigation is now underway after an inmate at the Harris County Jail died following a ‘medical emergency’ on Monday. According to authorities, 41-year-old Hugo Mota was ...