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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]
2 Feb 2012, 8:48 am
Bexar County has a special mental health court for dealing with mentally ill defendants. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 7:30 am
Here's a notable excerpt:In San Antonio, criminal defendants in need of a bed in a state psychiatric facility are routinely spending months in the Bexar County jail waiting for transfer.Late last week, there were 17 inmates at the Bexar County jail awaiting transfer to a state hospital bed. [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 6:54 am
”Williamson County saved $3.2 million from 2005-08 through reduced jail bookings and necessary medications in jail, while Bexar County has saved “at least” an estimated $5 million annually through a similar program, Wood previously told commissioners. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 9:55 am
This means police officers from SAPD and Bexar County will begin descending upon people’s homes, offices, job sites or anywhere in public they can be found, with warrants, to make arrests and transport non-payers to jail. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 5:54 am
I don't think Harris, Bexar, and Liberty will be the last counties we hear of in the next 3-5 years reducing jail populations to save costs. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 6:40 am
Skinner has a good excuse.See prior, related Grits posts:Growth in forensic commitments exacerbates shortage of state mental hospital beds Judge orders state hospital to take more competency restoration patients Competency restoration process sounds crazy to columnist 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… [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 8:09 am
The State Bar of Texas is already looking into the mattter. [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]
11 Dec 2011, 8:29 am
Relatedly, see a story out of Abilene about savings to county departments from jail and probationer work crews, despite a recent escape.Scary but legitimate question of the day: Are Mexico's drug lords "too big to fail"? [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 3:51 am
They should study why some states have uninsured rates that are nearly half of Texas’. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 2:58 am
They should study why some states have uninsured rates that are nearly half of Texas’. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:44 am
Under the Texas Occupations Code:Sec. 1704.205. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:44 am
Under the Texas Occupations Code:Sec. 1704.205. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 3:56 pm
The State Auditor's Office has released a report on criminal justice information systems at the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Department of Criminal Justice, raising questions about the accuracy of criminal history data at both agencies. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 3:56 pm
The State Auditor's Office has released a report on criminal justice information systems at the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Department of Criminal Justice, raising questions about the accuracy of criminal history data at both agencies. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:34 am
But that carrot was never accompanied by a stick, and departments that ignored revocation-reduction goals - notably Bexar and Collin, among larger counties - essentially faced no consequences. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:34 am
But that carrot was never accompanied by a stick, and departments that ignored revocation-reduction goals - notably Bexar and Collin, among larger counties - essentially faced no consequences. [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]
29 Aug 2011, 5:11 am
This blog has long criticized the state's de facto use of county jails as mental health wards, and particularly Texas' failure to provide timely "competency restoration" services when a defendant is deemed incompetent to stand trial. [read post]
