HOUSTON, Texas — Harris County’s Democratic nominee for county judge, Letitia Plummer, is running on a platform centered on reducing arrests, shrinking the jail population, and expanding non‑police responses—not on reducing crime—according to her candidate profile submitted to the League of Women Voters of Houston.
Plummer, who calls herself “the most progressive candidate in this race,” outlines a sweeping decarceration agenda that would “maximize Cite and Release,” expand the Public Defender’s Office, and redirect county resources toward social‑service programs, according to a candidate profile published by the Houston League of Women Voters. Her stated goal is to “dramatically reduce the jail population” and end what she describes as the “cycling of black and brown individuals through the justice system.”
Her platform makes no mention of increasing law‑enforcement staffing, strengthening prosecution of violent offenders, or addressing the county’s long‑running crisis of repeat offenders released on low or no bond.
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