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Igniting National Conscience on Texas Jail Deaths: Winter 2022 Newsletter
In the fall and winter of 2022, we turned out a media storm on the surging in-custody deaths in Harris County Jail and Texas at large. And we’re keeping the pressure on – working with national publications to expose these county jails for their dangerous conditions, falsified documentation, and abuse and death coverups (including those purposefully pushed outside of custodial liability and reporting). Our work has brought over a dozen stories to national, state, and local media. We’ve become a leading source for both journalists and families affected on Texas county jail issues, personal impact stories, and Harris County’s jail deaths. Read more about the issues we’ve been agitating. Read More
Chron.com : Harris Co. jail violence is surging—how the system is failing detainees
The June near-death beating of Jack, a detainee in his 30s, shows severe lapses in the facility’s detainee protection and medical standards. Read More
Join us in Austin August 3rd: Next TCJS Public Meeting
RSVP to learn more about traveling with Texas Jail Project for the August 3rd, 2023 public meeting of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Read More
KPRC 2 : Harris Co. inmate dies moments after being transported to hospital; Incident won’t be labeled as ‘in custody’ death
The day before Gutierrez died, a judge found there was no longer probable cause to detain him on a charge of violating a… Read More
Houston Landing : Nearly 200 people with mental illnesses died in Texas jails. The death toll is getting worse.
The Houston Landing examined thousands of public records to determine how many people who died from homicides, suicides and other unnatural causes in the custody of county and municipal jails across the greater Houston area over the last decade had previously exhibited mental health symptoms that were documented by court, jail or law enforcement personnel. Read More
Time Mag: How Community Health Workers Can End Mass Incarceration and Rebuild Public Safety
I proposed the creation of a new federal Department of Community Safety and Repair to build a national community health and justice worker corps to end mass incarceration, build integrated public health and safety systems, and shrink reliance on notoriously reactive and ineffective U.S. policing and for-profit healthcare industries. - Eric Reinhart Read More
Houston Chronicle: Harris County inmate dies of ‘medical emergency,’ sheriff says, marking sixth jail death this year
An inmate died Tuesday morning at Harris County Jail after experiencing an "apparent medical emergency," the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. Read More
Two Decades of Prison Did Not Prepare Me for the Horrors of County Jail
An inmate died Tuesday morning at Harris County Jail after experiencing an "apparent medical emergency," the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. Read More