On daily basis, Bexar County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies oversee a jail inhabitants nearing full capability. However, the jail can’t appear to maintain sufficient jailers on employees to oversee inmates — a scarcity that’s contributed to regulatory violations and tens of millions in time beyond regulation pay.
Public data present that as of Aug. 11 the Bexar County Jail’s in-custody inhabitants reached 4,914. Knowledge from Texas Fee on Jail Requirements lists the jail’s capability as 5,108, putting Aug. 11 numbers at 96.2% capability.
This pressure has coincided with excessive turnover, two notices of noncompliance from the Texas Fee on Jail Requirements throughout the previous 12 months and tens of millions spent on paying the employees it has time beyond regulation pay…