With Mental Health Diversion Center Forthcoming, Sheriff Still Wants More Humane Jail Facilities

Can healing happen in jail?

"...has not given up on her dream of new jail facilities. If you ask why, she will point to..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

SCOTUS Blocked Shackles in Court. What About Jail Cell Hearings in Austin?

Bail hearings in confinement are common in Travis County

"...Court proceedings with defendants in locked cells are the..."

April 22, 2024 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Hays County Jail Officers Are the Most Violent in the State, Data Shows

They record more incidents per 1,000 inmates than any Texas jail

"...of violence and inhumane treatment at the Hays County Jail for years. Now, the Houston Chronicle has data to..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Travis County Jail Population Continues to Drop

COVID-19 accelerates the trend, despite Abbott’s pushback

"...fairly successful in their efforts to reduce the overall jail population and to provide personal recognizance (PR) bond releases..."

April 7, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Fewer Jail Inmates Last Year

But more on the way?

"...yesterday by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, local jail populations decreased over the last year for the first..."

June 4, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

For Now, County Jail Succeeds in Keeping Out COVID-19

Law enforcement, advocates agree on need to reduce jail population

"...of yet among inmates in either the Travis County Jail in Downtown Austin or the Travis County Correctional Complex..."

March 20, 2020 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Defense Attorneys Tell County Judges to Close Jail Reduction Docket

Demand letter threatens legal action over plea docket

"...judges seeking an end to the misdemeanor court system’s Jail Reduction Docket, and are threatening legal action in the..."

Feb. 12, 2018 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Lehmberg Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail

BAC almost three times legal limit

"...drunk driving and was sentenced to 45 days in jail. After being sentenced she was cuffed and led to..."

April 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail

Just what's needed in the big house – Perry's pistol-packing granny.

"...I was while watching Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail. And not because Madea doesn’t actually go to jail..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

COVID-19 Finally Arrives at Travis County Jail

Outbreak is "small," but inmates and advocates are angry

"...The Travis County jail is four weeks into a COVID-19 outbreak that George..."

Feb. 11, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Hays Co. Jailer Indicted in ER Room Killing Skips Jail

Rather than sit in the jail he once guarded, he's at home

"...announced it was no longer employing Isaiah Garcia, a jailer who'd been indicted the day before on a third-­degree..."

April 21, 2023 News Feature by Jordan Buckley

New Mental Health Court Aims to Increase Treatment While Reducing Jail Stays

Nick Chu will take over the court Oct. 1

"...with reality. Whether such violence is best stopped by jailing people or treating them is an ongoing debate in..."

Sept. 27, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Lehmberg Releases Letter From Jail

Multiple apologies and hopes to continue in office

"...apology Saturday, apparently dictated to friends from the county jail, "the only form of communication available to me at..."

April 27, 2013 News Post by Michael King

UPDATED: Lehmberg Released From Jail

Will now seek treatment

"...In accordance with jail release policy and with good time credits under her..."

May 9, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

After Six Years in Jail, Charges Dropped Against Devonte Amerson

Prosecutors never had eyewitnesses, video, DNA, or fingerprints

"...Amerson for almost six years in the Hays County Jail and, even after he made bail in December 2023,..."

April 30, 2025 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Hays County Sets Trial Date for Man Stuck in Jail for Five Years

Cyrus Gray's murder case was dropped; why not Devonte Amerson's?

"...Gray, one of two men who spent years in jail awaiting trials over the 2015 murder of Texas State..."

Aug. 3, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Hays County’s Overwhelmed Jail System in Dire Shape, Advocates Say

Some inmates are waiting years to see their day in court

"...The first time Hays County Jail officials rushed Melvin Nicholas to the hospital was Feb...."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A New Jail for Travis County?

County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry

"...what it's like to be booked into Travis County Jail and to feel the world spinning as her freedom,..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail

Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused

"...demanding answers from the leaders of the Hays County Jail. One month before, Joshua Wright, an inmate at the..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"...assumed that his brother had wound up at the jail. And it was true: Dell Seton had called the..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Travis County Plans New Women's Jail

Del Valle's new digs

"...stumbled upon plans for a new $91 million women's jail on the county's Del Valle correctional campus. She spread..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Hays County Inmate Is Left to Rot in Jail

It’s not just a figure of speech for Ranulfo Benitez-Morales

"...describes as inadequate medical care at the Hays County Jail. Benitez-Morales was shot by Kyle police with a beanbag..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Sheriff Hopefuls: Looking-at-Jail Time

Both McNeill and Hamilton say a new lockup is TCSO's top priority

"...Co. sheriff candidates Duane McNeill and Greg Hamilton have jail on the brain – jail crowding, jail staffing, and..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Gravely Ill Inmates Awaiting Trial in Hays County Jail See No Improvements

Is anyone here a doctor?

"...on life-threatening medical problems going unaddressed in Hays County Jail, and there's no indication things have gotten better. Instead,..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

After Years in Jail for a Crime He Was Never Convicted of, Cyrus Gray Is Free ... for Now

Living in the free world, but the case just won't go away

"...The officers took Gray to jail and booked him for driving with an invalid license..."

Dec. 20, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Jail Numbers Down ... for Now

As Austin grows, jail population could inch upward

"...Travis County has seen a dramatic drop in its jail population, following a national trend showing local jail populations..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Women's Jail Vote Postponed Amid Community Pushback

Justice advocates, formerly incarcerated women outraged by proposed expansion

"...$79 million estimated cost of a controversial new women's jail, a component of the county's $616 million long-range plan..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Women’s Jail 2.0: Diversion or Expansion?

Travis County Commissioners Court mulls a long-term overhaul of the correctional complex in Del Valle

"...cost $616 million over 20 years; a new women's jail facility accounts for $79 million of that...."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Hays County Jail Inmate Says Guards Crushed His Hand and Deleted Video

He’s suing for more than $1 million in damages

"...2021, Salvador Sanchez sat alone in the Hays County Jail in what the county calls a “violent cell.” Built..."

Oct. 11, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Commissioners Court Puts Women’s Jail on Ice

Vote delays moving forward with design for at least a year

"...moving forward with the design of a new women's jail for at least a year. The decision came after..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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