Government
BY MELISSA ENAJE
Harris County approves $11.3M jail contract Harris County Commissioners Court approved an $11.3 million contract to outsource a number of county inmates to a private correctional facility in Mississippi at a November meeting. The details Harris County Administrator Diana Ramirez led a November presentation to address challenges within the jail, including the department’s monthly initiative to provide updates, analyses, data and sta-level actions at Commissioners
911 network’s $55.6M budget approved Harris County and Houston ocials approved on Oct. 31 the Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network’s $55.6 million budget for the 2023-24 scal year. The network processes emergency calls within Harris and Fort Bend counties. The breakdown The budget includes a 3%-5% salary increase for the GHC 911 sta as well as increased pay and health insurance costs. • $28.6 million in call center operation costs, including call center employees • $7.6 million for network services • $6.2 million for the 289 sta salaries • $4.8 million in contract services • $8.4 million in other general expenses
Harris County inmate population snapshot, November 2023 Inmate populations reached above 90% of jail capacity at these six Texas and Louisiana facilities.
Percentage of beds occupied
Available space
700 N. San Jacinto St. Occupancy at Harris County jail facilities 711 N. San Jacinto St.
701 N. San Jacinto St.
91%
93%
92%
Occupancy at non-Houston facilities (contract jails)
Court meetings. By the numbers
Jeerson County (Beaumont, TX)
La Salle Correction Center (Louisiana)
Dalby Correctional Facility (Post, TX)
Harris County’s 9,300-plus inmate population is housed throughout detention centers in Texas and Louisiana, not including the number of inmates who will be transferred to Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi.
95%
100%
99%
SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIONCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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