Sheriff proposes mental health facility inside Bexar County Jail
Plan would turn unused bed space into clinic, run ‘separate and independent’ from BCSO
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The cost to care for and monitor inmates meant for TDCJ facilities will cost the Bexar County Sheriff s Office over $1 million. (KSAT)
To better address inmates with mental health issues, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is proposing a plan to convert unused space in the jail’s annex into a mental health facility.
Salazar wrote to the Bexar County Commissioners Court on Tuesday about the proposal, seeking their approval and support for it.
“I believe we have enough interested parties who would be willing to collaborate on the issue and ultimate solution,” Salazar wrote in his letter.