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Open Communication Key to State/County Partnership

November 14, 2016 by County Progress

By Brandon Wood, Executive Director, Texas Commission on Jail Standards   For the most part, our job at the Texas Commission on Jail Standards hinges on communication – not halfhearted or insincere attempts at communicating, but real communication. Whether it is in Austin or one of the far-flung corners across this huge state, I have […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Jails Tagged With: jail

Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness Part 3

May 9, 2016 by County Progress

Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness: Pretrial Diversion Across the Country and the Next Steps for Texas to Improve its Efforts and Increase Utilization   Editor’s Note: The following is Part 3 in a series, “Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness,” a report released in June 2015. The full report is available at http://rightoncrime.com/2015/06/overincarceration-of-people-with-mental-illness/. Parts […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Jails Tagged With: Crisis Intervention Teams, Department of State Health Services, jail, mental illness, Mobile Crisis Units, Texas Commission on Jail Standards

Overincarceration of Mentally Ill Inmates Part 2

April 4, 2016 by County Progress

Pretrial Diversion Across the Country and the Next Steps for Texas to Improve its Efforts and Increase Utilization  Editor’s Note: The following is Part 2 in a series, “Overincarceration of People with Mental Illness,” a report released in June 2015. The full report is available at http://rightoncrime.com/2015/06/overincarceration-of-people-with-mental-illness/. Part 1 ran in our March issue; we […]

Filed Under: Jails Tagged With: jail

Special Jail Section

November 13, 2015 by County Progress

TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION TIDC Awards Grant to Fund Public Defender Program in Willacy County   On Aug. 21, the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC or Commission) awarded a two year grant for $313,308 to provide funding for the Willacy County Public Defender Office (WPDO). Willacy County is currently facing a financial crisis due to […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Jails Tagged With: 84th Legislative Session, Bee County, Comal County, funding, H.B. 1140, H.B. 549, H.B. 634, H.B. 875, jail, Live Oak County, McMullen County, minimum jail standards, probation, public defender, Texas Indigent Defense Commission, Texas Veterans Commission, Willacy County

Texas County Jails: Current Events

November 11, 2014 by County Progress

  County Progress asked Brandon Wood, executive director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Commission), to address some of the relevant issues facing county jails.   Q: As we approach the 84th Session of the Texas Legislature, do you anticipate any impact on the TCJS? The agency was instructed to submit a supplemental appropriations […]

Filed Under: Feature Story, Jails Tagged With: jail, minimum jail standards

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