The county-funded guardianship program is designed to help those with severe mental health cases in Houston, but its policies keep the inmates incarcerated.
Marie D. De Jesús / Staff photographer
Marie D. De Jesús is the director of photography for the Houston Landing. She was previously a staff photojournalist for the Houston Chronicle, where she concentrated on developing relationships with Houston's diverse immigrant and marginalized communities. Prior to the Chronicle, Marie worked for the Democrat and Chronicle located in Rochester, New York and the Victoria Advocate in Texas. In 2022, De Jesús became the first Latina president of the National Press Photographers Association.
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Photo essay: 200 kids compete in the Harris County Street Olympics Summer Games
More than 200 Houston-area children from the ages of 7 to 17 participated in the annual Harris County Street Olympics Summer Games 3-on-3 Basketball Championship Tournament at Fonde Recreation Center near downtown Houston.
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Houston celebrating Independence Day from Bellaire to Friendswood
Houstonians are braving the heat to celebrate the Fourth of July with parades, festivals and fireworks.
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Nearly 200 people with mental illnesses died in Texas jails. The death toll is getting worse.
Despite efforts to divert people from state jails into mental health treatment, our investigation shows the death toll of inmates with documented symptoms has exponentially grown since 2012.
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Search our data: Inmates with mental illnesses who died in Texas jails over the past decade
The Houston Landing examined thousands of public records to determine how many people with mental illnesses died from unnatural causes in the custody of county and municipal jails across Texas over the last decade.