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City and County Approve One Year Extension for Central Booking Agreement
Virtual hearings could cost county later
Central Booking
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Travis County Diversion Center Design to Begin in 2024
Getting people in crisis out of jail is “a long time coming”
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APD Has Been Quietly Planning for the City to Run Its Own Bail Hearings for Arrestees
Why? They say for efficiency’s sake
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No Virus, But Few Tests for County Inmates
As COVID-19 outbreaks behind bars happen across the country, closer scrutiny at Travis County jail protocols
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Garza Leads Council Into Magistration Fray
Providing both defense and prosecution counsel at magistration 24/7 would cost $4.1 million annually, says Travis County
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Beaten at the Jailhouse?
An Austin woman claims a misdemeanor arrest led to a beating at the hands of Travis Co. jail guards
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Naked City
Council hears supporters and those in opposition to the city’s proposed central booking facility, which would be moved from 7th and I-35 to a residential neighborhood west of downtown.