Harris County Jail Inmate Death Ruled Homicide: Record Number of Jail Deaths in 20
Style Magazine Newswire | 12/19/2022, 12:59 p.m.
Jacilet Lee the mother of Evan Lee, 31, has been waiting since March to find out any information she could about how her son ended up unconscious at Ben Taub Hospital from the Harris County jail and then passed away March 27, 2022. Friday she found out. Homicide.
Evan Lee is one of the record 27 or more deaths at the Harris County jail so far in 2022. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/death-toll-harris-county-jail-three-die-sunday-17604586.php
"The Harris County jail is overcrowded and understaffed," said civil rights lawyer Randall L. Kallinen, "We need drastic changes at the Harris Count jail."
Evan Lee's family, lawyer, and community leaders will have a press conference to talk about the dangers of the Harris County jail, release of video footage, and need for reform.