โWe do not have the resourcesโ: Jail deaths the result of Harris Countyโs failure to invest in resources, not training: Attorney with deputies organization
An attorney for the Harris County Deputies Organization, whoโs familiar with Eric Moralesโ case, said in custody jail deaths have nothing to do with detention officersโ training. Instead, Robin Foster said theyโre the result of a systemic problem that runs much deeper.
TDCJ to resume bus transportation after inmate escaped custody before killing family of 5
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will resume inmate transportation starting Monday, June 13 after temporarily stopping it to investigate how a convicted murderer escaped from a bus last month and allegedly killed a man and his four grandsons.
Harris County Jail inmate dies after being found 'unresponsiveโ in his cell, officials say
HOUSTON โ An inmate at the Harris County Jail was found unresponsive in his cell over the weekend, officials said. Court records show the robbery charge was dismissed and then refiled as the burglary charge. The burglary charge was dismissed following Jacobsโ death. The Harris County Sheriffโs Office has asked the Texas Rangers to investigate Jacobsโ death. The Harris County Medical Examinerโs Office has not yet determined a cause of death.