What would fix the Harris County Jail crisis? Sheriff says the entire system needs to change
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez discusses jail safety during a press conference at the Harris County Sheriff’s office, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021 in Houston.an investigation into the death of Bryan Johnson at the Harris County Jail
Improvement, as in the expectation that no one should ever die? For context, if we look at the cases, when somebody walks in the door it's not like things stand still. There's still illness, there's still a lot of different issues surrounding that and when the average length of stay is untenable and people are incarcerated longer, the outcomes are usually not very good.
You know, we're creating a new women's center that's been in the works now since last year. We have very successful veterans program as well that we have been able to really develop with a holistic approach. None of us are happy with any death that occurs and we're going to continue to leave no stone unturned to try to find any approaches or best practices that are out there to reduce the number of deaths.
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