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Feds inspecting Harris County Jail this week

The US Justice Department is inspecting the Harris County Jail this week in response to several high-profile inmate deaths and chronic overcrowding. See related MSM coverage:After inmate deaths, feds begin inspecting Harris County Jail, Houston ChronicleFeds inspect troubled Harris County Jail, APUnderstaffing costs Houston taxpayers $150 million in overtime, Houston Chronicle The article on overtime costs includes a graphic breaking down the largest sources of overtime costs - the Houston Police Deparment and the Harris County Sheriff, which together accounted for more than half of all government overtime expenses by Harris County agencies.Related Grits posts:DOJ investigating Harris County JailHouston judges responsible for massive overcrowding tabElected officials to blame for Harris Jail overcrowding, says editorialMarc Levin: What should Harris County do now that jail bonds have failed?Counties that rejected new jails must now get serious about diversionPretrial detention, unnecessary incarceration driving Texas jail overcrowdingBail blunders boost bulging Harris jail populationExtra bail conditions: When tough on crime means tough on taxpayersShould county government subsidize bail bond companies?Lack of counsel, information are bail barriersHarris County detains low-risk offenders for no reasonHomegrown Harris Jail Jam: Jailed probationers swell inmate numbersHarris revokes probation most among big Texas countiesTPPF: Counties must act to prevent overincarcerationJPI report illuminates causes of Harris jail overcrowdingHarris County officials wrongly think they'll build their way out of jail overcrowdingcontinue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 09, 2008 (boomark / email).