Bexar County is reportedly breaking state law requiring the swift examination of every mentally ill prisoner in jail, leaving an untold number of inmates languishing without proper psychiatric care.  Many of the defendants who are housed at the Bexar County jail suffer from mental illness.  Left properly untreated, this results in harm to the inmate, cell mates, the Bexar County employees, and when released, the general public.        As an attorney assigned court appointments, I can tell you first hand, that many of the individual inmates suffer from some form of mental illness that is often not treated, before, during and after their release. San Antonio and Bexar County must do more to properly examine prisoners for mental illness and provide medication, treatment, placement or proper services in a humane and safe manner.