claim: harris county, texas has "some of the highest jailing and incarceration rates in the u.s. and the world."
author: rodney ellis
evidence_1: apr 28, 2016 ... the kinder institute's annual kinder houston area survey show growing ... an  inmate had been beaten to death in jail, the county unveiled a $2 million ... in one  of the highest jailing and incarceration rates in the u.s. and the world.” ... groups  like the conservative think tank texas public policy foundation.
evidence_2: apr 15, 2016 ... as the harris county jail edged toward capacity, the sheriff's office friday  shipped 133 ... until last june, the jail had gone three years without being forced  to ... in some of the highest jailing and incarceration rates in the u.s. and the  world," ... garcia sent buses of inmates to facilities in texas and louisiana.
evidence_3: apr 17, 2016 ... last june, the jail had gone three years without being forced to transfer ... us &  world ... as the harris county jail edged toward capacity, the sheriff's office  friday ... result in some of the highest jailing and incarceration rates in the u.s.  and ... out their sentences in the texas department of criminal justice.
evidence_4: the number of exonerations has generally increased since 1989, the first year in  ... have learned that sending innocent people to prison is a constant risk—not a ...  texas, home to the city of houston, where the county's conviction review unit has  ... harris county identified a problem that is likely systemic across the u.s. and ...
evidence_5: apr 14, 2016 ... harris county has been the target of state and federal allegations of ... 75 percent  of the jail's 9000 inmates have not been convicted of any ... a higher pretrial lock- up rate than other urban counties across texas. ... the highest jailing and  incarceration rates in the u.s. and the world," ellis said in a statement.