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Bexar County (TX) Jail detained a man for 5 extra months. There's no clear answer to why
https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2021-10-12/bexar-county-jail-detained-a-man-for-5-extra-months-theres-no-clear-answer-to-why(snip)
He served more than a year in various locked down treatment and detention facilities before his final sentencing of “time served” on Feb. 3 of this year.
The court order for his release was sent to his jailers, but nothing happened. Despite the fact that he should have been released and had accrued 563 days inside — Flenoury wasn’t released that day, nor the next.
Ultimately he served more than five months longer than he should have in Bexar County Adult Detention, according to court records. He was discovered in a review of cases by the Sheriff’s office this summer, according to people with knowledge of the case.
(snip)
Flenoury — a young, homeless, mentally ill and addicted man — slipped through the cracks of a county jail system that is known by inmates, defense attorneys and judges to be stretched to its limits and bogged down in its own bureaucracy.
He served more than a year in various locked down treatment and detention facilities before his final sentencing of “time served” on Feb. 3 of this year.
The court order for his release was sent to his jailers, but nothing happened. Despite the fact that he should have been released and had accrued 563 days inside — Flenoury wasn’t released that day, nor the next.
Ultimately he served more than five months longer than he should have in Bexar County Adult Detention, according to court records. He was discovered in a review of cases by the Sheriff’s office this summer, according to people with knowledge of the case.
(snip)
Flenoury — a young, homeless, mentally ill and addicted man — slipped through the cracks of a county jail system that is known by inmates, defense attorneys and judges to be stretched to its limits and bogged down in its own bureaucracy.