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23 Apr 2009, 8:00 am
Mando Martinez that would probably do more to improve conditions in private jails than any regulatory reform: It would void private jail contracts unless the county enters into the contract in a collective bargaining agreement between the county and sheriff's department employees. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 3:38 pm
Saturday, a man in his 20s was killed in a rollover accident at U.S. 181 and Palm Park Boulevard in Bexar County. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 5:04 am
State Sen. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 4:44 pm
This is significant to mention since a third offender would be facing up to ten years in the Texas Department of Corrections instead of one year in a county jail for a second DWI offense. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 4:44 pm
This is significant to mention since a third offender would be facing up to ten years in the Texas Department of Corrections instead of one year in a county jail for a second DWI offense. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 12:52 am
This absurdist example is another reason why I support state Sen. [read post]
8 Jan 2009, 8:01 am
On June 18, the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense awarded a state-funded four-year grant totaling $419,360 to Lubbock County to set up the program. [read post]
1 Nov 2008, 8:03 am
The four sites are:Austin Travis County MHMR (Travis)Center for Health Care Services, San Antonio (Bexar)North'Texas Behavioral Health Authority, Dallas (Dallas)Tarrant County MHMR, Fort Worth (Tarrant) These outpatient programs are not in secure settings and are suitable when the court believes the defendant won't be a danger. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 7:22 am
In several Texas counties, including Lubbock, Hidalgo, and Guadalupe, local authorities are rounding up sex offenders on probation or parole to spend Halloween night in the jail or county probation offices. [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]
9 Oct 2008, 10:39 am
But Valdez's reign has been disappointing, so I'd be open to hearing more specifics from Cannady to convince me he has a vision of where to take the department and how to get there.I've seen virtually no coverage of the Bexar County Sheriff's race, but the clear choice in terms of what's best for the county and its jail overcrowding crisis would be Dennis McKnight, the GOP candidate and former First Assistant Bexar County… [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 12:51 pm
TCRP is working with co-counsel from California in the Waco case who:has settled several class-action strip-search cases against county jails in at least three other states and currently has a similar suit pending in Bexar County in Texas, a Texas Civil Rights Project spokesman said. [read post]
27 Jul 2008, 9:20 am
Of those incarcerated in prison (as opposed to state jails or SAFP programs), a whopping 66% are currently eligible for parole.The six largest counties account for just more than 50% of TDCJ residents:Harris 19.5%Dallas 12.5%Tarrant 7.3%Bexar 6.4%Travis 3.4%El Paso 1.6%An interesting capital punishment note ... [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 7:39 am
Meanwhile, Bexar keeps more misdemeanor defendants in jail pending trial than any other big Texas city. [read post]
14 Jun 2008, 9:02 am
Otherwise, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards lacks the staff and perhaps the expertise and authority. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 3:45 am
Among Texas' five largest counties, Dallas County district courts have the second lowest disposition rate, behind Bexar County, according to state figures. [read post]
28 Mar 2008, 1:26 pm
The recognition of this fact seems to be leading to some incremental steps for reform; Travis County's mental health public defender, and measures in the Bexar County courts being two leading examples. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 2:08 am
He was Bexar's jail administrator for years, an ADA before that, and few people in the state IMO understand the dynamics and possible solutions for local jail overcrowding better than he does.Dallas Sheriff: Incumbent Lupe Valdez prevailed easily over three primary challengers, while two septuagenarian Republicans are headed into a runoff, including former Sheriff Jim Bowles who left under a cloud of commissary-related corruption charges. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 8:26 am
For those who couldn't attend the event, handouts from presenters at the Bexar County symposium on jail overcrowding a couple of weeks ago in San Antonio have been posted online (see here).A couple of different speakers in SA focused on the new authority granted to Texas police officers in 2007 to give citations instead of making arrests for certain low-level, non-violent misdemeanors - that was HB 2391, for those keeping score at home. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 6:58 am
Tony Fabelo, Texas' premier criminal justice statistician, has been a busy man lately, including serving yesterday as the featured speaker at the Bexar County jail overcrowding symposium. [read post]
