tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6111256524692732526..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Dead in Jail: A Texas StoryGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80129451415343889612015-11-24T14:03:50.666-06:002015-11-24T14:03:50.666-06:00Good points. The amount of attention and awareness...Good points. The amount of attention and awareness generated by Sandra Bland's death has stunned us at Texas Jail Project as well—especially since we had long been speaking out about how many young people were being "jailed to death" in county jails. At least the tragedy of her death is opening some eyes, changing some attitudes and even instigating overdue reforms. The excellent Chron article on Harris County Jail reveals exactly how bad the medical neglect is. Nowadays, we are hearing a rapidly increasing number of pleas for help coming from families of those in Harris County Jail (HCSO), especially since, under the new sheriff, nobody is responding to the online forms about Inmate Medical Care: http://www.harriscountyso.org/inmate_QOL.aspx …. Under Sheriff Garcia, after he hired Carl Griffith and they instituted that form, we saw immediate check ups on sick inmates after families used the form to report problems.Diana Claitorhttp://texasjailproject.orgnoreply@blogger.com