Effective Solutions for the Texas Criminal Justice System
Harris County's judges are the reason the jail is overcrowded Only Harris County judges sentence so many nonviolent drug offenders to jail instead of treatment
Click here to see how Harris County judges are creating the overcrowding crisis
Harris County is creating its own jail over crowding crisis by detaining people who do not need to be detained - see the new report!
This chart (second-to-last-row) shows that the Harris County Jail overcrowding is NOT the state's fault: the state has picked up ONE inmate late
August 23, 2005 Houston Chronicle Editorial "Jailhouse jam: Judicial practices contribute ..." August 22, 2005 Houston Chronicle "Studies fault judges in jail crowding" August 5, 2005 Houston Chronicle "Revised numbers show jail crowding is worse" July 30, 2005 Houston Chronicle "Harris County sheriff gets more bunks for crowded jail" July 27, 2005 Houston Chronicle "County jail crowding prompts meeting" July 24, 2005 Houston Chronicle "County does little to ease jail crowding" July 16, 2005 Houston Chronicle "County jail conditions condemned in report"
