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Harris County to DOJ Jail Monitors: Buzz Off

This deserves a full read and more extensive commentary when I have time, but for now let me just post the link: Via email, I learn that Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan today sent a 454-page response including exhibits (large pdf) to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, bitterly disputing claims by the DOJ Civil Rights Division that large numbers of deaths, poor healthcare, inadequate mental health services and a pattern of violence in the county jail violate inmates' constitutional rights.Just skimming though looking at the highlights, it appears they're going to fight tooth and nail to keep from doing a single thing differently at the Harris County Jail, essentially daring the DOJ to sue them in federal court. Who knows, maybe that's what happens next?For more background, here's the DOJ findings letter Ryan was responding to and a prior Grits analysis of that document.continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 25, 2009 (boomark / email).