BY THE CURRENT NEWS TEAM http://sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=70963

For too many, abuse at the hands of authority begins early. For Jimmy Aldana III, now at Bexar County Jail awaiting trial on charges of burglary and possession of marijuana, it started at Victory Field Correctional Academy in Vernon, Texas, where he was incarcerated for three years.

“Guards doing things to kids. Having the youth do things to other youth — or else,” Mary Jane Martinez, Aldana’s mother told the Current this week. “It was very hard for him to trust anyone. … A lot of things. Bad things.”Read more

Jail Detainees Took Their Lives in Record Numbers in 2009
by Greg Harman http://www.sacurrent.com/news/default.asp 1/20/10Read more

By Josh Baugh - Express-News
The Bexar County Jail failed its annual inspection for the sixth time in eight years — for reasons ranging from overcrowding to low water pressure and broken intercoms.

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state agency charged with overseeing detention centers, noted seven “areas of non-compliance” in its report, which was released Friday after a three-day inspection.Read more