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30 Jun 2019, 8:51 am
But that's a useful figure because, as regular readers know, probation revocations are a significant cause of Texas prison admissions, and revoked misdemeanor probationers go to county jail, contributing to local costs. [read post]
31 May 2017, 8:11 am
Last week, she was indicted for the murder of that baby on December 12, 1981, by the Bexar County Grand Jury, according to a news release issued by the Bexar County District Attorney on May 25, 2017. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 2:27 pm
According to Jim Bethke of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, currently only "Bexar County has a similar program - and that is tailored to offenders with mental-health conditions. [read post]
3 Jul 2007, 12:58 am
" In Blanco County storms tore the roof off the jail, but no one was injured or tried to escape.Thousands of Texas Children Sent to Disciplinary SchoolsMore than 100,000 Texas students were assigned to alternative disciplinary schools last year, two-thirds of them for nonviolent offenses, says this report from the Epoch Times. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 5:05 am
Bexar County estimated an annual cost of between $8.2 million and $8.5 million to implement the change. [read post]
29 Aug 2020, 11:31 am
There were at least 18 official [slave] catcher districts ... in the Bexar County area, and an untold number of racist vigilante slave catchers. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 6:12 am
Also: Find out when the first Guadalupe County Jail was constructed and look at public debate surrounding it. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 6:34 am
Other testimony at Monday's House County Affairs hearing mentioned that, while the overall Bexar County jail populations is declining (as is happening to various degrees across the state), demand for mental-health beds is the one category that continues to increase, straining capacity. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 3:55 pm
Harris and Tarrant counties already have such programs, and Bexar, Travis and El Paso counties are joining in. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 7:37 am
"Prison blogging The blog Texas Prison Bidness has several posts up that may interest Grits readers, as does The Back Gate.The Jail that Ate TylerOfficials in my home county really, REALLY want an expanded jail. [read post]
9 May 2011, 10:10 am
In the near term, passage of HB 2725 is the most that might happen to help on that score, and I'm sure counties would be glad for even that small measure of relief.See prior, related Grits posts:Few bills proposed at Lege to remedy statewide crisis in competency restorationHarris County pleads case for mental health, probation/diversion funds in state budgetJail deaths implicate state oversight, competency restoration fundingMental health cuts by… [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 7:32 am
AJC also recommended funding independent investigation of police officer misconduct and paying for a one-year study process to determine whether the city make the Austin PD crime lab independent.Details on Harris County's state-jail diversion courtAt the joint House Corrections-Criminal Jurisprudence Committee hearing yesterday, Harris County District Judge Brock Thomas discussed specialty court they've used to keep from sending as many people for… [read post]
28 Feb 2016, 10:26 am
Some investigators who reviewed "officer-involved" shootings failed to interview witnesses or appeared to disregard statements that conflicted with officers' accounts, records show.In at least three of the five investigative reports, officers reviewing shootings accepted explanations from HPD officers even when forensic evidence such as blood spatter patterns, locations of wounds and HPD communication records appeared to conflict with the shooters' defense of their… [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 1:42 pm
After voters rejected their last jail bonds, and with their jail overflowing into the Bayou State, Harris County appears to have reached that point, at least for now. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 3:28 am
The Bexar County Sheriff resigned to avoid a felony indictment for bribery regarding a contract with a private firm to operate the jail commissary.New DPS Drug Enforcement Rules Boost Seizures, Reduce ArrestsVying with the previous item for the "Most important, seldom told story of the year," the Texas Department of Public Safety reported this year that new drug enforcement priorities implemented in recently adopted agency rules growing out of the… [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 7:17 am
"'Bad traffic law has to go' The San Antonio Express-News had an editorial calling for abolition of the Driver Responsibility Surcharge.Jail phones profit from a 'Captive Audience'The Dallas Observer recently ran a cover feature on Securus and the rise of privatized jail phone service and video visitation at Texas county jails. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 7:30 am
Here's a notable excerpt:In San Antonio, criminal defendants in need of a bed in a state psychiatric facility are routinely spending months in the Bexar County jail waiting for transfer.Late last week, there were 17 inmates at the Bexar County jail awaiting transfer to a state hospital bed. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 12:52 am
This absurdist example is another reason why I support state Sen. [read post]
19 Oct 2008, 8:45 pm
Tyler officials should listen to voters, use new tools to reduce jail overcrowdingSheriffs more likely than PDs to welcome new arrest discretionJefferson County works out kinks with new cite and summons authorityHow one Texas county will take advantage of new law to reduce jail overcrowdingHB 2391 could save Bexar taxpayers $10,000 per dayCite and summons for low-level offenses could free up jail spaceTexas Lege approved new tools to… [read post]
20 Sep 2022, 4:04 am
According to the official Texas AG website that Paxton presumably oversees:In Texas, the county or district attorney has original jurisdiction to pursue alleged violations of the law. [read post]
