In the Houston Chronicle, Gabrielle Banks writes, "Harris County’s newly revamped system for processing arrestees on minor offenses is working well, according to the first official report: It is preventing needless jailing of poor people without risking more crime." The GPL has been working with the Harris County’s Commissioner’s Court, Sheriff’s Office, pretrial services agency, mental health authority, and newly formed Justice Administration Department to support the county’s improvements to its bail practices, and this article shares details from the six-month report released by the Court Monitor in September. Learn more about the GPL's work on criminal justice reform in Harris County. Read the full article here.