Houston Public MediaMay 15, 2025

Ongoing staffing shortages at the Polk County Jail northeast of Houston are prompting the sheriff's office to begin housing inmates in a Louisiana jail facility. 

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Polk County Jail begins outsourcing inmates after failing to meet state staffing standards

The county has failed to comply with Texas' mandated ratio of one detention officer for every 48 inmates, Sheriff Byron Lyons wrote in a news release Wednesday. 

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