Hays County will be getting a grant for $342,720 from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TDIC) as part of the Regional Padilla Compliance Pilot Program.

The money will provide assistance for criminal defense attorneys who represent defendants who are not citizens of the U.S.

In that role, it will boost the county’s ongoing efforts to reform the criminal justice center, Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe pointed out during a brief Commissioners Court discussion prior to a vote ...