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8 Feb 2008, 2:23 am
Here are the incarceration rates for pretrial detainees at Texas' largest county jails: What percentage of Texas county jail inmates are awaiting trial? [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 1:44 am
The decision by the Bexar County DA to use needle exchange-related prosecutions for political grandstanding appears to be backfiring, at least to judge by the media response.National media are paying attention, and editorial boards around the state are beginning to take potshots at Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed's use of prosecutorial discretion to charge three Christian needle exchange activists with Class A misdemeanors instead of the… [read post]
12 Jan 2008, 11:57 pm
On Thursday at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's briefing, I heard Bexar County DA Susan Reed describe offenders who receive probation sentences instead of jail as getting a "free ride," which always strikes me as an odd thing to say, though you hear it a lot (an audio of her remarks has been posted online). [read post]
9 Jan 2008, 2:04 am
The last vote, in November, turned down a new jail by a margin of 69%-31%.Still, local officials won't take advantage of a new state law designed to reduce jail overcrowding, despite voters' clear desire that they find alternatives to incarcerating low-level offenders. [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]
28 Dec 2007, 12:57 am
"Bexar's bricks and mortar jail unsecure, so why push tent jail? [read post]
23 Nov 2007, 11:55 pm
Go figure.Bexar jail strip search policy challenged Bexar County has been sued over the jail's policy of strip searching every single inmate booked into the facility. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 8:44 am
HB 2391 - Cite and Summons for Low-level MisdemeanorsTuff on crime meet reality at the Nacogdoches County JailSheriffs 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 dayBexar jail administrator: Stop arrests for nonviolent misdemeanorsDA… [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 2:43 am
Hunting and overcriminalizationMike Leggett at the Austin Statesman sounds surprised to learn that increasing the penalty to a state jail felony didn't eliminate deer poaching in Texas. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 4:09 am
(Thankfully, commissaries in adult Texas prisons are operated by TDCJ.)It's clear that Texas needs to perform a comprehensive investigation/audit of county jail commissary contracts statewide. [read post]
30 Sep 2007, 2:02 am
The administrator of the Bexar County jail, Chief Deputy Dennis McKnight resigned this week in the wake of internal changes under the new Sheriff, reports the Express News.In this writer's opinion, McKnight was probably the most innovative jail chief in the state, so this will be a major loss for Bexar County, which struggles daily with overincarceration problems. [read post]
8 Sep 2007, 11:36 pm
The bribery scandal that took down the Bexar County Sheriff may be just the beginning.Other shoes have begun to drop as reporters and investigators track other Texas counties where a Louisana company that allegedly bribed Bexar County officials won contracts to run jail commissaries. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 3:23 am
"I thought what (Brown) said was good enough," he said from death row.Mike Ramos, among the Bexar County prosecutors handling the case when itwent to trial, said he found Foster's claims unbelievable and was irritatedby a publicity effort to spare Foster. [read post]
25 Aug 2007, 1:08 am
See prior Grits coverage.Cameron tent jail: Second time's a charm, nearlyAfter he was forced to tear down Cameron County's first tent jail because he built it without approval from state regulators, Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio may begin moving inmates into another version of his tent jail next week. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 7:02 am
The effort frees space in the jail and saves the county money, officials said. [read post]
4 Aug 2007, 2:14 am
"We have so many of them here and the state leaves them here a long time," said David Soward, chief deputy of the Atascosa County Sheriff's Office. [read post]
4 Aug 2007, 12:44 am
These three States housed nearly half (48.0%) of all HIV-infected inmates in State prisons in 2003.Indeed, not only do Texas prisons and jails house a disproportionate share of inmates with HIV, they're also acquiring full blown AIDS more frequently than in other states, perhaps because of longer prison terms, health care inadequacies or who knows what other reason:Seventeen States and the Federal system reported an increase in the number… [read post]
15 Jul 2007, 12:47 am
Bexar's jail overcrowding nearly entirely results from failing to allow nonviolent misdemeanor defendants to receive personal bonds. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 5:27 am
Most recently in Bexar County, a private prison firm allegedly bribed a top political aide to county Sheriff Ralph Lopez. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 12:45 am
" Recently I offered a similar prescription for Bexar County's jail overcrowding woes. [read post]
