Commissioner Price says it’s costing the county $13 million to take care of 400 people who should be at a state hospital, but they aren't because there are no available beds. He wants Dallas lawmakers in Austin to put pressure on the state to find a way and a place to house its inmates who shouldn't still be here.
There are 400 inmates deemed incompetent who should be in a state facility sitting in the Dallas County jail. Some have been there for longer than two years.
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price says it’s costing the county $13 million to take care of 400 people who should be at either the Vernon State Hospital or the Rusk State Hospital, but they aren't because there are no available beds. In 2017, Dallas County had 130 inmates awaiting transfer to a state mental health hospital. Two year later, that number grew to 203. Now in 2022 following COVID-19, that number stands at 400, which is an increase of more than 200%."We have 2.6 million people," Price said. "Harris County has 4.8 million people, and they have less people waiting to go to these facilities than does Dallas County.
"We just want to know why," Price said. "Why are we being treated this way? It's not as though we're being reimbursed. Dallas taxpayers are picking up the tab. And at the end of the day, you're requiring us to swim buy. You've put our hands behind us."
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