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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]
20 Sep 2011, 5:41 am
That's not just in Bexar, that's the structure in every Texas county and in most other states as well. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 6:51 am
In the debate between the Bexar County Commissioners Court and the Sheriff over whether the jail is adequately staffed, the state Commission on Jail Standards this week came out with an estimate siding with the Sheriff to say current staffing levels are insufficient without using overtime. [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]
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]
31 May 2007, 7:37 am
If the bill had been in effect and the local law enforcement organizations utilized it to issue summons on only those charged with misdemeanor traffic ticket and driving with license suspended offenses, Bexar County jail's population would have been reduced by 194 inmates and saved the County nearly $10,000 per day in operational expenses.Just as the State continues to struggle to meet increased demand for prison beds, Texas… [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 7:00 am
Here's a notable excerpt from their findings on Texas:The North Texas State Hospital, with 692 beds, is the largest remaining state psychiatric hospital. [read post]
30 May 2007, 6:14 am
" Bexar County has grown by more than 370,000 people since the jail was built in 1988, according to U.S. [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]
15 Jan 2016, 6:42 am
Bexar County - 7 deaths 4. [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]
14 Jul 2008, 7:39 am
Meanwhile, Bexar keeps more misdemeanor defendants in jail pending trial than any other big Texas city. [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]
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]
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]
20 Dec 2011, 5:37 am
The story opens:Guards are being forced to work excessive overtime and will continue to steadily quit as their morale hits all-time lows, the consequence of cutting 100 positions at the Bexar County Jail through attrition, warns Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz.But ask county commissioners and County Manager David Smith, and they'll tell you the mandatory overtime is unnecessary, the jail is mismanaged and wastes money, and the 2012 budget cuts… [read post]
28 Dec 2007, 12:57 am
"Bexar's bricks and mortar jail unsecure, so why push tent jail? [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]
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]
28 Aug 2014, 4:13 am
Here are a couple of recent stories about jail diversion programs for the mentally ill in San Antonio and Houston being touted as models (even though the latter hasn't launched yet):Kaiser Health News (Aug. 20): Wrestling with a Texas county's mental health systemHouston Public Media (Aug. 21): Pilot jail diversion program for mentally illThe Bexar program deserves its kudos and I certainly hope the pilot in Harris County fulfills… [read post]
