Bexar Jail Fails Again
The Bexar County TX Jail failed its annual inspection for the sixth time in eight years — for reasons ranging from overcrowding to low water pressure and broken intercoms.
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state agency charged with overseeing detention centers, noted seven “areas of non-compliance” in its report, which was released Friday after a three-day inspection. The jail was also docked for not annually testing all officers and inmates for tuberculosis, multiple maintenance-related issues and failure to document hourly visual checks of inmates by certain jailers.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Rolando Tafolla [pictured right] said that while the Sheriff’s Office is ultimately responsible for all issues that arise within the jail, he maintained that the areas of non-compliance were largely outside of its control. “They are things that can be corrected. Unfortunately, we did not pass,” said Tafolla, who served as interim sheriff for about 18 months after former Sheriff Ralph Lopez was forced to resign. “We have a big jail, and there are a lot of problems.”
Much more in the article at the Express-News.