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Sheriffs: Let technical parole violators bond out of jail

The Sheriff's Association of Texas will be pushing next year for passage of a law which was vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry in 2007 allowing bail for parolees arrested on technical violations. Reports the Houston Chronicle ("Sheriffs say new parole law could free beds," Dec. 13):Each month, an average of 2,286 state parole violators are housed in Texas jails, a policy costing taxpayers at least $42 million a year. Harris County has the largest tab ? estimated at $7.6 million. This year, Harris County has had from 900 to 1,250 parole violators in jail each month.As local and state budgets get increasingly tightened, Sheriff Adrian Garcia and other members of the Sheriffs' Association of Texas are asking the Legislature for help with jail costs."I stand with sheriffs across Texas who have agreed on allowing state parole violators who are in our custody for technical reasons, and technical reasons only, to post bond," Garcia said in a statement released by his office...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 13, 2010 (boomark / email).