Jail Reform Advocates Point to Numerous Problems at Noncompliant Harris County Facility

Shannon Marshall spent 10 months in the Harris County Jail in 2000, awaiting a capital murder trial and eventual transport to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Marshall, who would go on to spend a quarter of a century in Texas prisons, said his days at the Harris County Jail…

Shannon Marshall spent 10 months in the Harris County Jail in 2000, awaiting a capital murder trial and eventual transport to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Marshall, who would go on to spend a quarter of a century in Texas prisons, said his days at the Harris County Jail were some of the most terrifying of his life…