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Commissioner proposes inmate labor to reduce Harris jail crowding

I'm glad to see folks in Houston finally getting serious - really for the first time in years - about finding solutions to jail overcrowding besides building more cells and hiring more guards. Via Kuff, I was pleased to learn from the Houston Chronicle ("Inmate labor plan on the table," Dec. 8) that:Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee has proposed that the county consider putting more prisoners to work cleaning local bayous and parks. The plan would give working inmates three days' credit per day served in jail instead of the two they receive now so they could earn earlier release, Lee said. ?I'm putting it up for discussion because there has been overcrowding and it is an issue that would bring Harris County in consistency with other parts of the state,? he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 10, 2009 (boomark / email).