HEADING EAST: Hundreds of Harris County inmates headed to private Louisiana jail The jail population, of more than 10,000, is the highest it has been in at least 11 years.Ĭriminal justice advocates say that overcrowding directly leads to strains on medical care within the jail. Johnson's death is being investigated by the Houston Police Department and Simon's by the Texas Rangers, the Sheriff's Office said. She was being detained on $5,000 bond.Īutopsies are pending in both cases, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Medical personnel also attempted CPR, but she died in the Baker Street jail health clinic. Simon, who lived in Katy, was found unresponsive in her cell on Sunday morning, according to the sheriff's office. The Houston man was being held on $15,000 bond. Paramedics administered CPR and rushed him to Ben Taub Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Johnson died on Saturday after complaining of chest pain and collapsing, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said. 29 on a drug possession warrant out of Fort Bend County. Victoria Simon, 42, was arrested in Houston on Sept. Bryan Johnson, 35, of Houston, was arrested June 9 and charged with being a felon in possession of a weapon and evading arrest. Neither of the two people who died were charged with a violent offense, court records show. As is the case in jails across the U.S., the vast majority of the county's 10,000-plus detainees have not been convicted of the crimes they're locked up for they are awaiting trial, and if there's a bond in their case, they are unable to afford it.ĪN OVERCROWDING PROBLEM: Harris County may pay $25M to house jail inmates at West Texas lockup
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