By Brittany Anderson HAYS COUNTY — According to the Hays County Jail dashboard, 80% of the county’s total jail population are pretrial detainees — legally innocent people who are unable to afford their freedom — that can expect to spend a minimum of 30 days in jail, costing county taxpayers between ...

By Megan Wehring  HAYS COUNTY — A new Public Defender Office (PDO) might be in Hays County’s future. With a 5-0 vote, Hays County commissioners agreed to submit a letter of intent to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TDIC) regarding public defender opportunities, pretrial service opportunities ...