Numbers, costs continue to drop

The number and cost of outsourced inmates from the Hays County Jail continues to decline.

At the Hays County Commissioners Court’s March 12 meeting, Judge Ruben Becerra read aloud the weekly report from the sheriff’s office regarding jail inmate numbers, outsourcing numbers and outsourcing costs and other information.

For the week of March 3-9, the jail’s daily average population was 474, with a peak of 482 on March 6. The average daily number of male inmates outsourced to other counties was 147, while an average of 5 female inmates were outsourced. The outsourced inmates were housed in facilities in Burnet, Caldwell, McClennan and Limestone counties, at a cost of $51,569.