Much has been written about the shockingly low level of mental health facilities and services in Texas, especially if you are poor or uninsured or incarcerated. And much has been written about months and years of incarceration that may befall a defendant who cannot make bail. The combination of inadequate services and long-term incarceration is a prescription for disaster.
PBS's "Frontline" (with its local affiliate, KFAE, in Charlotte, NC) took a look at this situation through the lens of one prisoner who cycled between jail and the mental health system, such as it is, for five years while waiting for his trial. Text and audio are here.
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