Staffing issues, inmates spending more time in holding cells, staff not following medical orders, or seeing inmate patients in a timely matter continue to plague the Harris County Jail, according to a new state inspection report obtained by KPRC 2 Investigates.
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requested comments from the offices of Judge Lina Hidalgo, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, and the Harris Health System. This story will be updated as responses become available.The notice comes just months after the commission found the jail was not in non-compliance at the end of 2022. At the time, TCJS found the jail did not order or provide medication to inmateThe 28-year-old was checked into jail on March 22, 2022, but died five days later of diabetic ketoacidosis.
In one case, an inspector found one inmate who needed dental work completed and was not seen for 38 days. Now jail officials must submit a plan of action before April 7 “detailing how inmates will be processed, classified, and housed within 48 hours to the lead inspector.” In some cases, state investigators found corrections officers would take more than two hours to complete the task.While looking at observation times, TCJS found the jail did not have enough correction officers on at least two floors to supervise roughly 1,340 inmates.
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