Legal Opinion
Alberti v. Sheriff of Harris County, Texas
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided December 16, 1975No. Civ. A. 72-H-1094PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Severe and inhumane overcrowding of inmates presently exists at Harris County detention facilities. This overcrowding occurs in violation of the law and according to the record costs the taxpayers of Harris County over $1,500,000 annually in unnecessary detention.
The Court here takes an initial step to stimulate efforts to remedy overcrowding by promulgating in this Order broad guidelines within which defendants are to maintain an administrative mechanism designed to reduce the inmate population at these facilities. Such…
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3Cited by56 opinions
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