More than a year after a system shutdown at the Harris County Jail caused more than 100 inmates charged with crimes to be released, officials admit it could happen again.
Harris County commissioners are considering new tactics almost a year after 100 inmates were released during a system shutdown.More than a year after a system shutdown caused more than 100 people charged with crimes to be released from jail, nothing has been done, and officials admit it could happen again.
The system went down for two days during a system update in March 2022, and defendants had to be released because, by law, suspects are supposed to appear before judges within 24 hours for misdemeanors and 48 hours for felonies. "There are judges that are being impacted not only by shutdowns but by things that are being done with the coding in the background that affect their ability to issue orders, their ability to manage the cases, their ability to conduct hearings have been affected by thousands of cases," Harris County local administrative justice, Judge Latosha Lewis Payne, said.
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