27 people have died in the Harris County Jail system so far this year, the highest death toll since at least 2000. Reform advocates point to the jail's overcrowding and the overwhelmed local criminal legal system as factors in the deaths.
Reform advocates point to the jail's overcrowding and the overwhelmed local criminal legal system as factors in the deaths.The criminal legal system is bursting at the seams. While the jail has long been hampered by overcrowding, this year the population exceeded its capacity of 10,000 for the first time in over a decade.
Nationally, the average number of days someone spent in jail in 2020 was 28 days, according to the most recent figures by theThe rate of court hearings slowed down after Hurricane Harvey caused major structural damage to the courthouse in 2017. The backlog grew during the pandemic, and the situation has been exacerbated by the passing ofArrest practices and lingering old cases have also contributed to the court docket jam.
Harris County Jail has been in noncompliance eight times in the past five years, according to Ricky Armstrong, the assistant director of enforcement and inspections at TCJS.
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