Outsourcing inmates to other county jails cost Hays County $61,507 the week of Feb. 3-9, according to the jail report read in commissioners court Tuesday morning.
The jail report states that Hays County had a daily average of 512 inmates that week, with a peak of 524 on Feb. 3. The county outsourced an average of 170 male inmates and 12 female inmates to jails in Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Falls, McClennan and Limestone counties. While Blanco and Caldwell counties are nearby, it is 131.7 miles from San Marcos to Waco, the county seat of McClennan County, and 168.2 miles to Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County.
The number of outsourced inmates are down slightly from the previous week, when the county outsourced an average of 192 male inmates and 12 female inmates at a cost of $68,258. The Hays County Jail has a maximum capacity of 362, but state jail standards require facilities to hold 10 percent of its capacity open, meaning the jail can hold 311 inmates.
