Bexar County Jail

As of Tuesday, there were 5,144 inmates in the Bexar County Adult Detention Center, which is built to house 5,075.

Officials bused 150 local jail inmates to Burnet and Kerr counties after Bexar's jail population surpassed recommendations set by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.

Also, Sheriff Javier Salazar asked commissioners to approve more than $3 million in overtime costs to staff the crowded jail from this past June through September, sparking more debate on how to reduce costs there.

A $1.6 million grant aims to restore competency to mentally ill people so they can go to court. Reform advocates say they shouldn't have been there to begin with.

A class-action lawsuit says thousands of inmates are being detained longer than they should be.

Bexar County has heard two reports on its jail in the past two months from outside consultants

Air conditioning units are going offline. In one unit, guards report its getting above state minimum safety standards.

Both audits were voted on or contracted a year ago, but only one was released.

Spurred by myriad problems at the jail, the report detailing recommendations of improvement was first due in February, and is now expected in September.

In a letter to county staff, the union gives a laundry list of issues including leaking sewage and inoperable jail cameras.