By Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger, Chairman In the regular quarterly meeting of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) conducted in Austin on May 6, Commissioners reviewed changes to the standards that had been recommended by the Sunset Advisory Committee, Senate Bill 1009. These included addressing the process regarding complaints against not only jails under the … [Read more...] about TCJS May Meeting Recap
Jails
Jim Hogg County to Construct New Jail
Officials Receive $5 Million in Federal Funds Jim Hogg County officials received some $5.2 million in federal funding in early February for the construction of a 48-bed jail in Hebbronville. The funding package includes $3,949,000 in federal grant funding and $1,317,000 in a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Assistance Funds Program. … [Read more...] about Jim Hogg County to Construct New Jail
TCJS February Meeting Recap
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards received updates from five counties at its regular quarterly meeting conducted last month in Austin, addressing the resolution of their non-compliance issues. Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price informed Commission members that a rising inmate population was creating delays in their efforts to repair the smoke and fume removal … [Read more...] about TCJS February Meeting Recap
Jail Population Management: Elected County Officials’ Guide to Pretrial Services
There are more than 700,000 individuals incarcerated in county jails nationwide on any given day, which is up from 400,000 since 1990. An estimated two-thirds of the inmates are in “pretrial status,” meaning that they are being held without conviction at a great cost to local taxpayers. Further, statistics show that of all pre-trial inmates, a majority (65 percent) … [Read more...] about Jail Population Management: Elected County Officials’ Guide to Pretrial Services
TCJS November Meeting Recap
TCJS November Meeting Recap By Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger, Chairman, Texas Commission on Jail Standards The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS), or the Commission, conducted its quarterly meeting on Nov. 5th. During the meeting the Commission voted to rescind remedial orders that had previously been issued for Hopkins and Jim Hogg counties. … [Read more...] about TCJS November Meeting Recap