Bexar County has a handshake agreement with two neighboring jails to house inmates. Commissioners are hammering out an official contract.
The Bexar County jail is bursting at the seams and for weeks has housed more than 100 inmates in neighboring county jails. Sheriff Javier Salazar reached a handshake agreement with Burnet and Kerr counties about three weeks ago when Bexar County was at risk of exceeding its maximum capacity of 5,075 inmates. The two counties have consistently housed between 120 and 150 inmates from Bexar County over the past few weeks.
Glitches put the brakes on Bexar County’s transition to new online criminal case system Burnet County was promised $80 per day per inmate and Kerr County agreed to $65 per day, but the Bexar County Commissioners Court is still hammering out a contract. Commissioners could vote on the final agreement later this summer. It costs Bexar County between $70 and $90 per day to house each inmate in its own jail. This isn't the first time Bexar County has had to seek help from other counties.
Javier Salazar Kerr Harris Susan Pamerleau Bexar County Harris County Burnet Salazar Burnet County Kerr County Tarrant Texas
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