Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to authorize the execution of a new Intergovernmental Inmate Housing Agreement between Hays County, Haskell County and LaSalle Corrections West, LLC. related to reducing the number of Hays County inmates housed in Haskell County and La Salle County, effective beginning Oct. 1, at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The amount paid to Haskell County would decrease as would the number of inmates housed there by 100 inmates initially then 25 inmates every six months; It would cost $1,865,500.00 from Oct. 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 at $10,250 per day for 100 inmates, $1,406,812.50 for April 1, 2026 to Sept 30, 2026 at $102.50 per day, per inmate for average of 75 inmates, and $932,750 for Oct. 1, 2026 to April 1, 2027 at $102.50 per day, per inmate for average of 50 inmates.
“I sponsored this because I felt that we were moving forward with a plan to fulfill our goal and commitment to bring our inmates back to Hays County, so, as many stated, [they] could be closer to their families, their loved ones and even to their legal support system that they need,” Hays County Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe said. “Currently, we have 200 inmates outsourced in Haskell County. Beginning Oct. 2025, … we’re bringing 100 of those back. So it’s a plan, in a relatively short period of time, to bring our inmates back into the county because we are doing well with our hiring process. We have renovated our county jail, and all of those things have to work together for that plan to be successful.”
Hays County Chief Deputy Brett Bailey clarified that after the 50 remaining inmates had been outsourced from Oct. 1, 2026 to April 1, 2027, all of the inmates would be returned to Hays County, but there was an option to return them sooner.
