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DOJ investigating Harris County Jail

By Gritsforbreakfast

The defining reforms in Texas corrections historically have come about through federal litigation: The famous Ruiz case for our adult prisons, and Morales v. Turman at TYC, constituted the most significant impetus for change at those agencies in the last half century.So it must make prison and jail administrators nervous that Texas has received a lot more attention lately from federal authorities regarding deficiencies in our corrections systems. First DOJ released a scathing report about healthcare at the Dallas County Jail. Then recently the Texas Youth Commission entered into an Agreed Order to end litigation over the Evins Unit in South Texas.Now, the feds are turning their sights on the massive Harris County Jail system, AP reports (March 7):The U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 08, 2008 (boomark / email).