Bexar County is using federal COVID relief dollars to create 130 more beds for probationers and county jail inmates who need mental health care.
An inmate walks up the stairs in a unit in the Bexar County Detention Center in May 2019. Incarceration rates at the Bexar County jail have skyrocketed over the last four decades, according to new data from the Vera Institute of Justice.Bexar County is set to acquire its leased residential mental health treatment center, part of its plan to expand the facility by 130 beds for mentally ill jail inmates.
Commissioners set aside $25 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars last year to renovate and expand the, which provides mental health and substance abuse treatment for people on probation. It also houses inmates who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial and who need mental health treatment before their court cases can proceed.
Another $4 million will be used to renovate the facility’s existing three buildings, with $3 million set aside to acquire the Applewhite Road property.
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