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Court hears jail population drop and backlog data; appoints new judge for Criminal Court at Law No. 12
Summary
County administration reported a decline in jail population and felony backlog; Commissioners discussed strategies including afternoon dockets and hiring to reduce outsourced capacity. The court appointed Ashley Mays Geis to Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 12 effective July 7, 2025.
Harris County administrators reported on June 26 that the county jail population has declined from a fiscal-year high of 9,905 to 8,807 (June 1 snapshot), and that several indicators of case movement have improved. County administration and criminal-justice stakeholders told the Commissioners Court this week that felony dispositions have increased in recent months and that the number of people in custody more than 1,000 days has fallen.
“Meaningful progress has been made in reducing the jail population, particularly dispositions of felony cases, which are currently drivers of the jail population,” County administration managing director Tonya Mills told the court in a presentation. Mills said average daily population in early June was about 8,840…
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