A Travis County program to provide lawyers to people after they're booked in jail continues to be on hold. | England_Weber
A program to provide legal representation to people in custody at the Travis County Jail had to be put on hold because of staffing shortages.When defendants are booked downtown, they're charged and given options on how to get out of jail. In some cases, the first hearing determines whether someone spends a few hours locked up or days — even weeks.
Travis County Chief Public Defender Adeola Ogunkeyede said she understands the obstacle of staffing shortages at the jail, but that her office — and private attorneys who would also represent defendants — are willing to find workarounds. Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez, who did not attend the meeting, has said her department faces “severe” staffing shortages. In an email, the sheriff’s office told KUT it has a 24.5% vacancy rate among correctional staff and “simply cannot accomplish our mandated duties and the ... program simultaneously at this time."
Ogunkeyede and Brad Hargis, the head of the Capital Area Private Defender Service, said they had concerns because the company providing the software for the tablets, ViaPath, has beenHernandez’s office told KUT it reached out to ViaPath to see if there was a fix to allow the program to go forward, but right now it's"not a viable solution because of privacy issues."
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