As of Friday, more than 7,200 prisoners were being housed at the Harris County Jail. Credit: Photo by April Towery Thirty-two year-old Ashley Gutierrez was taken to the Harris County Jail in the early ...
The Shelby County Jail's intake area is severely overcrowded, holding over 350 detainees, some for weeks, exceeding capacity. The jail's total population, nearing 3,000, significantly surpasses its ...
Oklahoma County is building a new $216 million jail intake center to improve detainee care and lower the jail population. The new center, located five miles from the current jail, will focus on ...