Overcrowding In Neuces County
Nueces County TX Sheriff Jim Kaelin is looking at ways to reduce overcrowding at the jail and bringing in more money for the county, as reported by KRIS-TV:
At just under 90 percent capacity on Friday, the Nueces County Jail was close to be being overcrowded and Kaelin said some of the inmates shouldn’t even be there. “Most of those that are in here are in here for a technical violation,” Kaelin said. He added that 88 inmates are in the county jail for violating their parole, which means they were arrested for not checking in with their parole officer or were caught violating their curfew. Kaelin said those inmates are costing the county a lot of money and he’s considering releasing them from the jail. “If push comes to shove, I’m going to put those non-offenders, those people who are out in parole violations, out of the jail,” Kaelin said …
He also said it is not the county’s responsibility to lock up inmates that were let out early from state prisons. “I hate to see that: money being spent on housing violators that belong to the state. If the state believes they’ve screwed up on a technical violation, then take them back to the penitentiary. Don’t use your county lockups,” Kaelin stated.
If the sheriff can free up enough space in the jail, he could house between fifty to sixty federal inmates, which would bring money to the county and help with balancing the budget.
County-State Issues, Early Release, Federal Payments, Overcrowding, TX Neuces County, Texas