Galveston County voters approved two infrastructure propositions totaling approximately $110 million. A third bond measure, which included $55 million for a juvenile detention center, failed to get voter approval.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2025/05/06/520698/galveston-county-passes-110-million-in-infrastructure-bonds-juvenile-detention-project-fails/

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Two Harris County prisoners died this month, one of whom died after being transferred to a private prison in Louisiana – an ongoing practice used to address overcrowding within the county jail in downtown Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/28/512146/2-people-died-in-harris-county-jail-marking-first-reported-deaths-this-year/

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