• Home
  • CJCAT
    • North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
    • South Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
    • West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
  • Conferences
    • Conference Galleries
    • Conference Close-Up
  • Texas County Directory
  • About Us
    • Advertise
    • Submissions
    • Contact Us
    • Subscribe
    • Previous Issues
      • 2019 Previous Issues
      • 2018 Previous Issues
      • 2017 Previous Issues
      • 2016 Previous Issues
      • 2015 Previous Issues
      • 2014 Previous Issues

Texas County Progress

The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas

  • Home
    • Feature Story
  • Monuments of Justice
    • Why Stop In
  • Emergency Response
  • Road & Bridge
  • Jails
  • County Focus
  • Veterans

General Counsel’s Report

August 2, 2018 by County Progress

Expansion of Telemedicine Authorized Recent legislation authorizing expansion of telemedicine in Texas should enable counties to achieve significant cost reduction and improved services in jail health services and indigent health care. Senate Bill 1107, effective Jan. 1, 2018, removed prior restrictions and increased the availability of telehealth services. Previously, the Texas Medical Board required doctors […]

Filed Under: Feature Story Tagged With: health care, jail, Jim Allison, S.B. 1107, technology, Texas Commission on Jail Standards

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

Texas Commission on Jail Standards

September 8, 2014 by County Progress

  Latest Meeting Recap By Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger Chairman The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Commission) heard from several members of the public regarding the treatment of pregnant inmates during the public comment portion of the Commission’s Aug. 7 meeting in Austin. Representatives from the Texas Jail Project, Moms Rising, and Mamas of […]

Filed Under: Feature Story Tagged With: jail, minimum jail standards, Texas Commission on Jail Standards

Texas Commission on Jail Standards

April 7, 2014 by Becky Frost

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 […]

Filed Under: Jails Tagged With: jail, minimum jail standards, Texas Commission on Jail Standards

TCJS Meeting Recap

December 1, 2013 by Christi Stark

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 […]

Filed Under: Jails Tagged With: jail, minimum jail standards, Texas Commission on Jail Standards

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Next Page »

Subscribe to County Progress

Subscribe: Newsletter | Magazine

March 2021

March 2021
If you'd like to view our previous issues, click here.

Diversifying Revenues

Presentation by Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley

Search County Progress

Texas County Progress Courthouse Primer

County Courthouse Primer

The latest resolutions passed by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas and the three Regional Associations are available at the links below.

County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas Resolutions 2020

South Texas Resolutions 2020

West Texas Resolutions 2020

North & East Texas Resolutions 2020

Opposition to SB 234/HB 749 Sample Resolution

The Cost of County Government: 2018 Unfunded Mandates Survey Report

Texas County Directory

Place your order for the updated 2021 Directory

Connect with us online.

Facebook spacer Twitter spacer LinkedIn

Search County Progress

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Print Friendly and PDF

County Progress

3457 Curry Lane
Abilene, TX 79606
325.673.4822
countyprogress@zacpubs.com

Categories

© 2021 · Zachry Publications