Hays County inmate numbers have seen an uptick in the past two weeks after falling gradually since the end of January.
According to a report from the Hays County Sheriff’s Office given to the county judge’s office, the daily average jail population for the week of March 10-16 was 482, with a peak of 498. The daily average number of outsourced male inmates was 152, with an average of four female inmates outsourced each day. The outsourced inmates were sent to Burnet, Caldwell, McLennan and Limestone counties at a cost of $53,048.
For the week of March 17-23, there was an average daily jail population of 488, with a peak of 496. An average of 157 male and four female inmates were outsourced each day. Those inmates were housed in Burnet, Caldwell, McLennan and Limestone counties at a cost of $54,606.
