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COMMISSIONERS' COURT CONVENED IN A
Monday, June 17, 1991 at 9:03 A. M. with
for a discussion with Mr. Jack Cr
Commission on Jail Standards and the
There were eighteen members of the
elected officials present.
WORKSHOP SESSION on
all officers present,
ump from the Texas
Kerr County Sheriff.
public plus various
Back in March the County requested the Commission to extend
our variance and was denied, thus the reason for todays
meeting. The variance was granted during a time when Kerr
County was considering creating additional space, but this
did not happen, so the Commission made the decision not to
extend the variance. As long as Kerr County is trying, we
will work with tt,em. In the past Kerr County was trying from
all indications, but not now. Our jail capacity is 63 and
wher, Mr. Grump inspected the jail this morning {Cerr County
had a total of 82 prisoners, 74 incarcerated here and 8 at
Boerne. He recognized that during the last year the jail
population has been low and in compliance. He told the Court
we have a problem with not enough space upstairs to house the
number of prisoners we have.
Mr. Crump told the Court they have the option of creating
more space, reduce enforcement action, or continue to house
out of County. He would like to walk out of the workshop
` today with an answer: either Kerr County is going to do
somett,ing or not, and that will shape what happens from here.
The fact that 22 of the 82 prisoners incarc
prisoners the County was unable to transfer
several times by the public addressing the
called and said transfer all 22 today that
correct the problem, but just put us down to
Sheriff still has 3,000 warrants to serve
Hollimon, Adult Probation Officer, said he is
on arresting for non-payment because of
shortage.
=rated were TDC
was brought out
Court. If TDC
would still not
capacity. The
and Mr. Howard
holding off now
the jail space
County Court at Law Judge, Spencer Brown, expressed to the
Court that the threat of jail is a tool to enforce the law;
but, if we cannot arrest them because of jail space he has
lost that threat.
Mr. Grump's final address to the Court was that it was his
experience that until the Court, the Sheriff, and to a lesser
degree, other elected officials come to a mutual agreement
among themselves and act as a united body will they ever
march forward.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT WORKSHOP SESSION ADJOURNED at 10:35 A. M.
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