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Press Conference this Morning at TCJS: Call For Redirection of Funds away from Mass Incarceration and Toward Public Health Investments

Houston Public Media: Harris County’s public safety agencies focus on violent crime and conditions in the jail as they’re forced to work with a smaller budget

Houston Public Media: Sheriff Ed Gonzalez blames ‘inefficient court system’ for increasing deaths in Harris County Jail

Houston Chronicle: Man held on $100 bond for misdemeanor arrest is first Harris County Jail death of 2023

ABC13: Top leader resigns at Harris County jail amid overcrowding, deaths

Man arrested for misdemeanor dies in Harris County Jail, marking 2023’s first in-custody death

Axios: Harris County Jail overcrowding reveals flaws in legal system

13 Investigates: Decade-high inmate deaths just one concern at Harris Co. jail

Jail Is a Death Sentence for a Growing Number of Americans

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