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Soaring Number of Detainee Deaths Spotlights Ongoing Crisis at Harris County Jail

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2023 by Douglas Ankney published in Prison Legal News August, 2023, page 1
Filed under: Wrongful Death. Location: Texas.

by Douglas Ankney

In 2022, at least 28 detainees died while awaiting trial in the custody of the Harris County Jail (HCJ) – the highest number of deaths at the Texas facility in nearly two decades. Already 11 more have died in HCJ custody from January 1 to …

 

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