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The September 4, 2022, custodial death of Victor Rene Gonzales was reported to the Attorney General of Texas on September 21, 2022. The cause of death is unknown and pending…
Read More Victor Rene Gonzales died at age 37 in the custody of Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas, on September 4, 2022. Mr. Gonzales was booked into the jail on September…
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The Travis County Sheriff’s Department, in Austin, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Victor Rene Gonzales. Mr. Gonzales was only 37 years old at the time of…
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When the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, was cited for keeping inmates in holding cells for longer than the maximum time of 48 hours, it was another indicator of…
Read More Houston’s Harris County Jail is Allegedly Non-Compliant with Rule §259.138-Holding Cells A Jail Special Inspection Report was issued to Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, on September 7, 2022. The…
Read More A lieutenant working with a Florida county sheriff’s office who gained extensive experience working in local jails conducted a literature review on the issue of jail overcrowding. Conclusions about the…
Read More International Journal of Prisoner Health (IJPH) is a publication that has explored jail overcrowding and the impact it has on the health of inmates and on overall conditions in detention…
Read More Enhance Support for the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition (TCJC) makes recommendations to reduce jail overcrowding related to mentally ill inmates, drug-addicted inmates, and…
Read More In seeking to find ways to reduce jail overcrowding in Texas, the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition’s (TCJC’s) recommendations regarding cite-and-summons offenses include making such offenses non-jailable. In other words, no…
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The Harris County Jail, in Houston, Texas, is now listed as being non-compliant with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The TCJS made this determination after investigation of a…
Read More When overcrowding occurs in the areas dedicated to women prisoners, females are sometimes transferred to parts of a Texas jail that is designated for males. As a result, women are…
Read More Leon County Jail in Centerville, Texas, is Cited for Non-Compliance with Rule §275.4 The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) established Rule §275.4 and all minimum jail standards. These standards…
Read More The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition (TCJC) conducted a study and investigation related to jail overcrowding in Texas county and city detention facilities. A primary goal was to find solutions to…
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The Moore County jail, in Dumas, Texas, is now listed as being non-compliant with minimum standards promulgated by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). This occurred as a result…
Read More According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, sustained overcrowding in jails and prisons can have many types of negative physiological and psychological effects on the inmates. Higher death rates, including…
Read More The number of assaults that occurred in Harris County detention facilities between January 2018 and September 2021 is more than double the total in other large urban jails. Overcrowding is…
Read More Violence in Harris County Jails Increases at an Alarming Rate A January 2022 headline in a Texas publication claims that jailers and prison advocates fear that Harris County violence is…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) often cites Texas county jails for overcrowding. Even before the latest Harris County Jail non-compliance report has been posted online, the jail’s alleged…
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Discovered unresponsive but awake, 47-year-old Hidalgo County Jail inmate Miguel Angel Garcia was transported to nearby Edinburg, Texas, hospital on the morning of September 4, 2022. Once at the hospital,…
Read More The Webb County Jail, in Laredo, Texas, failed to comply with Texas Commission of Jail Standards (TCJS) minimum standards. The Webb County Jail was thus listed as being non-compliant by…
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