Latest Meeting Recap By Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger Chairman The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Commission) voted to publish two new changes to Standards for adoption and comment in the Texas Register at its quarterly Commission meeting on Feb. 6 in Austin. The proposed Standards will add the loss of good time credit […]
TCJS Meeting Recap
By Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger TCJS Chairman The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Commission) conducted its quarterly Commission meeting on Nov. 7 in Austin. The Commission continued its process of updating changes to Standards, adopting 16 new changes and delaying one. The nine-member Commission voted to adopt the changes that included revisions to the […]
Keys to Building Cost-Efficient County Jails
By Jim Wiginton, Wiginton Hooker Jeffry Architects Everyone understands that building a county jail is an expensive endeavor. Almost everything in a jail – lights, toilet fixtures, doors, etc. – costs much more than those same items in an office or school building. However, the cost of a county jail is not limited to the expense of […]
Texas County Jails: Current Events
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: How did the 83rd Session of the Texas Legislature affect the Commission and Texas county jails? A: The Texas Commission on Jail Standards had no significant pieces of legislation affect […]
Texas Indigent Defense Commission: Legislative Impact Report
During the 83rd Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 26 bills, signed 1,361 bills, and allowed 13 bills to become law without his signature. Of the 1,361 signed bills, four bills are of particular interest for indigent defense: S.B. 1, S.B. 1044, H.B. 1318, and H.B. 1245. Per the Texas Indigent […]
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