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16 Dec 2010, 10:51 am
Brandi Grissom at The Texas Tribune reports that "sheriffs across Texas are increasingly frustrated and worried about the ever-decreasing amount of bed space available at state mental hospitals. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 8:38 am
Bexar and Travis Counties each accounted for three new death sentences since 2007. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 6:06 am
He has appeared in courts in Hunt, Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, and Bexar Counties. [read post]
7 Nov 2010, 4:36 pm
But limited beds at the local and regional level have forced Lubbock County inmates to sit in jail, oftentimes for years, with no conviction and no treatment.One county inmate allegedly spent seven years in Lubbock's jail awaiting trial because of a lack of competency restoration services, which is far and away the longest I've ever heard of anybody waiting for a forensic bed at Texas state mental hospitals. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 10:35 am
In order to prove their case, they used evidence provided by the Bexar County Forensic Lab indicating that gasoline was detected on the deceased’s clothing. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 9:36 am
State , a case of first impression, Cheves Ligon, of counsel at the Bexar County Appellate Public Defender's Office, will argue on Meadoux's behalf Sept. 15 before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 6:52 am
This facility, which is owned by Bexar County, houses detainees predominately for the U.S. [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 6:57 am
The state began pilot programs to do competency restoration locally in four counties, including Bexar, but their outpatient program only has 50 slots. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 8:29 am
”Of the nearly 1,200 mental health defendants in the Montgomery County Jail annually, roughly 600 are indigent, Perez said. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 4:54 am
As it stands, Texas counties are getting most of Harris County's overflow jail business even though there are cheaper cells for rent out of state. ... [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 8:40 am
TDCJ had 773 SAFP placements from Dallas in 2009, just 391 from much-larger Harris County, and 217, 164, and 145, respectively, from Tarrant, Bexar and Travis counties. [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]
26 Jan 2010, 5:25 am
"Bexar jail suicides upThe year 2009 witnessed the highest number of suicides at the Bexar County Jail in a decade - six, which is the same number they'd seen over the previous five years.Snitching: Criminal informants and the erosion of American justiceAlexandra Natapoff as a post at TPM Cafe Book Club promoting the themes in her new book, an also provides a link to the excerpted introduction.Death penalty for corporations? [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 1:37 pm
We'll likely see one or two other county jail plebiscites next year, if I had to guess, though none have been formally set yet.What other state or local criminal-justice related elections are you watching next year? [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 12:25 pm
That's the title of an in-depth, three-day examination of Texas' indigent defense system, particularly in Hidalgo County in South Texas. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 3:44 am
We urge Nueces County officials and the state of Texas to make reduction of jail populations a priority, both to save on jail costs and to help inmates turn their lives around. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 2:46 am
Tony Fabelo at the Council on State Government's Justice Center analyzing the Bexar County probation department. [read post]
22 Nov 2009, 1:43 am
An inmate broke out of the Bexar County jail with a safety pin. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 11:10 am
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]
6 Jun 2009, 2:21 pm
[pdf] View E-Briefs in THE STATE OF TEXAS v. [read post]
