Dozens of people gathered outside the Harris County Jail Sunday evening for a candlelight vigil honoring the 29 people who have died in the lockup since the start of 2022.
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The sheriff's office has acknowledged the issues at the jail, but argued that the problems extend beyond any one agency. A spokesman Sunday evening pointed to previous statements the office has made about the various factors that contribute to crowding issues at the jail. "All these different entities — various law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, healthcare providers, judges, the sheriff's office — are all cogs in the criminal justice system, and when that system creates a backlog where we have more people coming in than leaving, you have a crowding situation like we have," Jason Spencer, chief of staff for Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, said last week.
Amaal Munei, a co-founder of the Jailhouse Justice Coalition, led the crowd in reciting the names of each person who has died at the jail since the start of 2022. They held electronic candles and faced a table laden with white flowers, whose families were in attendance. The seven-story jailhouse loomed large in the background.
"This building is supposed to be for rehabilitation and housing, taking care of human beings," said Jacilet Griffin, Lee's mother."If they're not able to operate and take care of human beings... they need to shut this building down."
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