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8 Aug 2011, 11:54 am
" Finally, in San Antonio, a Bexar County jail guard last month was convicted for smuggling hacksaw blades into the jail inside of soft tacos, the third time in three months Bexar guards have been caught smuggling items into the jail via food items.These are all "isolated incidents," of course; kinda like the isolated cases of steroid use in baseball. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 9:42 am
He smuggled a hacksaw blade into an inmate at the Bexar County Detention Center inside a soft taco. [read post]
25 May 2011, 1:56 pm
In San Antonio, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently sought permission to check the residency status of visitors to the Bexar County 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]
26 Apr 2011, 11:05 am
"It's almost as if these people were invisible, as if there were no awareness of the problem within communities across the state of Texas, and particularly in Harris County. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 7:32 am
See prior, related Grits coverage:Few bills proposed at Lege to remedy statewide competency restoration crisis Budget cuts would force police officers, jails to care for mentally ill Harris County pleads case for mental health, probation/diversion funds in state budgetJail deaths implicate state oversight, competency restoration fundingMental health cuts by state would shift costs to local jails, emergency rooms'Harris County… [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 2:28 pm
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has long had rules in place for use of tents by county jails. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 9:47 am
I think we're going to get slaughtered," said Leon Evans, chief executive of Bexar County Mental Health Care services. [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]
1 Mar 2011, 6:05 am
This round of FY 2011 cuts takes the knife to the wrong part of TDCJ's budget.RELATED: From the Dallas News Crime Blog, "Dallas county officials warn that state cuts to probation will fill jails and prisons. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 6:58 am
Let's set those disagreements aside, though, just for a moment.Here's what I want to know: As a practical matter, Texas is already talking about reducing prison capacity, and urban jails in Harris, Dallas, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Bexar are packed to the gills. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 3:14 am
"See prior, related Grits coverage: Harris County pleads case for mental health, probation/diversion funds in state budgetJail deaths implicate state oversight, competency restoration fundingMental health cuts by state would shift costs to local jails, emergency rooms'Harris County jail not the place to treat mental illness' The making of an unfunded mandate: Cuts to mental health would dump costs on county… [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]
2 Feb 2011, 6:18 am
Most of Texas' large counties save two saw their number of annual probation revocations decline or remain flat between 2005 to 2010, according to a December report on the state diversion programs (pdf) from TDCJ to state leadership. [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 6:40 am
Relatedly, the San Antonio Express-News had a story yesterday on budget shortfalls at the Bexar County Law Library that surely mirror difficulties faced by local law libraries statewide. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 7:54 am
Nowhere is that more evident than on mental health spending.See prior, related Grits posts:'Harris County jail not the place to treat mental illness' The making of an unfunded mandate: Cuts to mental health would dump costs on county jails Cuts to state mental hospitals would be massive unfunded mandate for county jailsMentally ill languish in Bexar jail awaiting assessment, competency restoration Cuts to… [read post]
2 Jan 2011, 9:46 am
The Harris County Jail treats more individuals with mental health issues on a daily basis than our state's 10 psychiatric hospitals combined. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 8:37 am
Around the state, reporters and local officials are waking up to a sleeper issue that this blog has been sounding the alarm about for years: The danger posed to county budgets, especially local jails, by cuts in the number of state mental hospital beds and mental health care generally - an issue likely to reach a critical stage if state hospitals are cut further next spring by the 82nd Texas Legislature. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 7:15 am
We think the solution must include an acceptance of all sources of help, from federal funding to local volunteers.Simply turning a blind eye to problems created by cuts is not acceptable.See prior, related Grits posts:Cuts to state mental hospitals would be massive unfunded mandate for county jails Lubbock considers in-house competency restoration for mentally ill defendants Mentally ill languish in Bexar jail awaiting assessment, competency restoration… [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 5:47 am
Also in Bexar County, "A federal jury Thursday found a former Bexar County Jail guard guilty of assaulting one inmate and acquitted him in the alleged beating of another. [read post]
