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Shipping inmates to other counties won't 'lower' Harris jail population, just scatter it

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Given that the Harris County Jail has been overcrowded for years and the feds are about to sue them for failing to meet minimum constitutional standards, I don't have a problem on its face with rookie Democratic Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia's decision to ship more inmates to other counties. Indeed, in the short term he essentially has no choice.Commissioner Steve Radack told the Houston Chronicle Harris County could capitalize on the misfortunes of counties, in that "many times it's going to be cheaper to go to someone else who needs the income because they have overbuilt the capacity of their jail, and they need the money. They need to pay their bonds, their debt, and they're out looking." Regular readers know that's certainly happened in some places...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).

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