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County review finds magistration duplication lengthens jail processing; 90‑day plan aims for quicker bookings
Summary
A county study of the Justice Intake and Assessment Annex found that the current dual magistration process, manual bonding and weak IT add hours to detainee processing and raise medical and tracking risks; a 90‑day action plan aims to pilot virtual magistration and electronic bonding while upgrading Wi‑Fi and intake screening.
Bexar County’s Office of Criminal Justice presented the results of a year‑long review of the Justice Intake and Assessment Annex (the geo/GIA), recommending immediate steps to reduce delays and systemic risks caused by a dual magistration process, paper bond handling and poor technology.
Dr. Alex Testa, lead investigator for the study, told commissioners the current flow — in which arrested people are processed at a city facility and then again at the county annex — adds roughly six hours to booking on average and increases the risk that medical and mental‑health needs will be missed. The study found that bonding is largely paper based, necessitating searches for…
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