Bexar County Jail

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

Janice Dotson-Stephens died in Bexar County Adult Detention from heart disease exacerbated by her schizophrenia, but was never treated with medication for either despite 150 days in pre-trial detention.

After 18 months of a pandemic, high jail populations, infections and deserting staff, county jailers say the pandemic is brining longtime structural issues at county detention to light.

One man spent five extra months in the facility after a court ordered his release, and his case may be just one example of larger systemic problems at the facility keeping people behind bars.

Despite record tax collections and $389 million in federal funds, Bexar County's courts wait for funds.

The governor has been keeping people in jail longer using emergency powers to deal with the pandemic. A state district judge in Bexar County said it was "wholly unconstitutional."

Bexar County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a six-year property tax break incentive to lure a second Navistar truck facility.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar briefed county commissioners this week on his long-term plans to reduce huge overtime costs for staffing the jail.

The UTSA Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Careers Building, a part of the College of Business, will be built there. The National Security Collaboration Center and data science classes will sit next door on the other side of San Pedro Creek.

As COVID-19 rages and populations rise, jails are struggling to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks. And when they do occur, facilities have trouble keeping sick…