In Harris County, bail reform advocates give details of the crowded jail during the pandemic and the people who died in jail after @GovAbbott's order restricted release.

One man, unable to pay a $1,000 bond, died 3 months after he was accused of stealing lawn equipment and meat.
Here's the filing: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.1623889/gov.uscourts.txsd.1623889.395.0.pdf

Read more on overcrowding jails in the pandemic here: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/28/texas-jails-overcrowded-coronavirus/
With a stalled court system, some Texas jails are dangerously overcro…

The Harris County sheriff has pleaded for help from a federal judge to make room at the “bursting” jail in Houston, where six inmates and two employees have died from COVID-19.

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.1623889/gov.uscourts.txsd.1623889.395.0.pdf
A man arrested in April allegedly tried to cash bad checks.

His bail was $100, the court saying it would release w/out cash but couldn't under Abbott's order.

He never heard from his lawyer, finally writing the judge to ask to plead guilty to get out. He got time served in Aug.
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