There are different kinds of lock down at the Bexar County Jail. A single inmate can be in permanent or extended lock down or a whole unit can be in lock down. An individual inmate that is in lock down must spend 23 hours of the day in his cell. Because of these restrictions, the [...]
The holding cells are located in the booking area. Inmates are allowed to make one free phone call which is usually offered during the interview process. After that they have access to a phone in their holding cell but they can only make collect calls. Those phones have the same 15 minute time limit as [...]
Once an inmate is assigned to a unit he will have to follow the standard rules. Phone calls are 15 minutes long. When the time is up the phone will automatically disconnect. There is no limit on the number of phone calls an inmate can make. There used to be phone lists so the officers [...]
