“Lessons Learned From A Night In The Bexar County Jail; Anti-Suicide Effort Is A 24/7 Job”

Texas Public Radio  
October 21, 2016 

In the summer of 2016 the Bexar County Jail saw a spike in the number of suicides and the community was asking, “why?” To see what the conditions were like in the jail I decided to spend the night there and talk to the inmates and guards about their experiences and their situation.

To see what the conditions were like in the jail I decided to spend the night there and talk to the inmates and guards about their experiences and their situation. Getting to spend the night there was not easy. It took months of emails going back and forth. Sometimes a date would be set and then the jail administration would ask to postpone.

Finally we were able to make it happen. And the resulting story was an eye opener for many of our listeners. Of course, people realize that the jail is a place of confinement for many dangerous people but it’s also a place where people end up who can’t make bail while they wait for trial. The story is noteworthy because it shined the light of journalism on one of the darkest corners in Bexar County.

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Submitted by David Davies.