Rice University: Texas Justice System Needs Reform to Save Taxpayer Dollars, Decrease Jail Overcrowding, Says Baker Institute Expert
November 11, 2020
November 11, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 11 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release:
The Texas justice system's overreaction to low-level offenses wastes taxpayer dollars and contributes to overcrowded jails that put community health at risk, according to an expert at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy at the Baker Institute, outlined her insights in a Nov. 5 response . . .
The Texas justice system's overreaction to low-level offenses wastes taxpayer dollars and contributes to overcrowded jails that put community health at risk, according to an expert at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy at the Baker Institute, outlined her insights in a Nov. 5 response . . .