HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Keeping vulnerable people from sitting in a cell is how Hays County leaders bill the Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) Program approved Tuesday by Hays County ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hays County could be the 22nd Texas county to have a jail-based competency restoration program by the summer, according to Hays County District Attorney Kelly Higgins. The program is ...

SAN MARCOS — An officer at Hays County Jail has been arrested after investigators determined that he sexually harassed a female inmate, telling her to shower while he watched on a video feed, ...

The Hays County Sheriff’s Office unveiled a new Narcan vending machine at the jail Friday. The vending machine is part of an ongoing commitment by the sheriff’s office to address the opioid crisis and ...

SAN MARCOS, Texas — As inmates are booked into the Hays County Jail, the secure doors opening and closing are the last sounds of freedom they hear. "My life was out of control," an inmate named Gary ...

It’s been three months since we last reported on life-threatening medical problems going unaddressed in Hays County Jail, and there’s no indication things have gotten better. Instead, we’re finding ...

GUADALUPE COUNTY, Texas — A detention officer at the Hays County Jail was arrested on Tuesday for charges of sexual assault with a child, according to the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office. George ...

A corrections officer with the Hays County Sheriff’s Office was arrested this week and charged with sexual assault, the agency said. Miguel Simpson, 27, was arrested by the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s ...