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Sheriff warns jail nearing capacity, urges planning for mental‑health holding space
Summary
Grimes County Sheriff Don South told commissioners the county jail is close to capacity and described a recent incident involving an inmate in a suicidal situation. He urged the court to move forward with a facilities plan and to include space and protocols for mental‑health holds.
Grimes County Sheriff Don South told the commissioners court on April 2 that the county jail is “at or near capacity” and that recent incidents underline the need to plan for more beds and a space to safely hold people with acute behavioral‑health needs.
South described a weekend incident in which a detainee in the jail’s secure observation area appeared to try to hang himself. He said deputies intervened, the person was evaluated medically and transported, and that the county then had difficulty finding a secure behavioral‑health placement. “We have to deal with these folks with dignity,” South said, urging the court…
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