/tags/travis-county-jail AG真人百家乐 County Jail en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:05:00 GMT /crime-justice/2025-02-26/travis-county-has-tried-to-provide-legal-counsel-to-arrestees-for-years-its-finally-happening The county's counsel at first appearance program, which provides lawyers to arrestees during their first appearance in front of a judge, will operate daily from 2 to 11 p.m. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:05:00 GMT /crime-justice/2025-02-26/travis-county-has-tried-to-provide-legal-counsel-to-arrestees-for-years-its-finally-happening Katy McAfee /2024-11-13/austin-tx-travis-county-legal-services-counsel-at-first-appearance For the first time in two years, some people arrested in AG真人百家乐 County who can't afford lawyers will have one during their first court appearance. Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:03:00 GMT /2024-11-13/austin-tx-travis-county-legal-services-counsel-at-first-appearance Katy McAfee /education/2024-11-11/acc-launches-program-in-travis-county-jail-to-prepare-people-for-jobs-after-release Austin Community College and the AG真人百家乐 County Sheriff鈥檚 Office have been working on getting this program off the ground for more than two years. The pilot is grant-funded. Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:03:00 GMT /education/2024-11-11/acc-launches-program-in-travis-county-jail-to-prepare-people-for-jobs-after-release Becky Fogel /crime-justice/2024-04-23/travis-county-tests-out-program-to-provide-lawyers-for-low-income-defendants-at-its-downtown-jail Research shows having a lawyer present often reduces bail amounts. The county will provide lawyers for a limited time on Tuesday and Thursday. It has tried to roll out a program for years. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:47:14 GMT /crime-justice/2024-04-23/travis-county-tests-out-program-to-provide-lawyers-for-low-income-defendants-at-its-downtown-jail Andrew Weber /crime-justice/2023-02-07/texas-state-sen-charles-schwertner-arrested-on-suspicion-of-drunken-driving Schwertner, a Georgetown Republican, was booked into the AG真人百家乐 County jail at 2:12 a.m. Tue, 07 Feb 2023 19:51:40 GMT /crime-justice/2023-02-07/texas-state-sen-charles-schwertner-arrested-on-suspicion-of-drunken-driving James Barrag谩n /crime-justice/2022-08-23/travis-countys-program-to-provide-lawyers-at-its-downtown-jail-is-still-on-hold For years, the county has been trying to give defendants access to lawyers at their first hearings in jail. Staffing shortages and, now, privacy concerns may kill that effort. Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:14:37 GMT /crime-justice/2022-08-23/travis-countys-program-to-provide-lawyers-at-its-downtown-jail-is-still-on-hold Andrew Weber /crime-justice/2021-11-04/protocols-at-central-texas-jails-werent-clear-during-the-pandemic-making-covid-hard-to-track A new report finds jails struggled to keep up with daily logs of new cases and could've provided more transparency on isolation, testing and quarantine policies. Thu, 04 Nov 2021 22:59:09 GMT /crime-justice/2021-11-04/protocols-at-central-texas-jails-werent-clear-during-the-pandemic-making-covid-hard-to-track Andrew Weber /crime-justice/2021-06-15/travis-county-commissioners-postpone-construction-of-new-womens-jail Commissioners heard hours of testimony against the proposal, which would cost roughly $79 million, before voting to hold off on the design plan for the jail 鈥� or any facility. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:16:52 GMT /crime-justice/2021-06-15/travis-county-commissioners-postpone-construction-of-new-womens-jail Andrew Weber /en-espanol/2021-06-08/activistas-oponen-plan-nueva-carcel-mujeres-condado-travis Grupos de activistas est谩n pidi茅ndole al condado de AG真人百家乐 que deseche sus planes para construir una nueva c谩rcel para mujeres y que mejor use esos fondos para promover alternativas a la encarcelaci贸n. Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:23:41 GMT /en-espanol/2021-06-08/activistas-oponen-plan-nueva-carcel-mujeres-condado-travis Andrew Weber, Jerry Quijano /crime-justice/2021-06-07/activists-call-on-travis-county-to-say-no-to-new-womens-jail Activist groups are calling on AG真人百家乐 County commissioners to scratch plans for a new women's jail and instead invest in alternatives to mass incarceration. Mon, 07 Jun 2021 21:19:34 GMT /crime-justice/2021-06-07/activists-call-on-travis-county-to-say-no-to-new-womens-jail Andrew Weber, Jerry Quijano