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“It avoids criminalization of mental illness."

Emmanuel Mora died in BCSO custody less than two hours after arriving at the Justice Intake and Assessment Annex.

Editorial: Expand jail property room, ditch fee Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail Bexar County Judicial Services Director Mike Lozito shows off the Justice Intake and Assessment Annex in 2018. The property room at the addition is way too small.Staff file photo People arrested by the San Antonio Police Department and booked into jail should not have to pay to retrieve their personal property after their release. Prisoners booked into the new county jail can surrender only one credit card, one form of ID, a cellphone, keys and up to $1,000 in cash into the property room beca...

Skip to main content Want your wallet back when you get out of jail? San Antonio wants $25 for holding it FacebookTwitterEmail The San Antonio Police Department charges a $25 fee for prisoners to get their own property returned to them after leaving jail. Police Chief William McManus supports the $25 fee as a simple way to defray some of the costs of staffing the property room. Criminal justice reform groups oppose it.Robin Jerstad /Contributor UPDATE: This story has been updated to clarify the city’s policy on the return of medicine, keys and other essential items. Still in the grip of th...