Weeks after the SWAT team was called to Hays County Jail to quell what a senior officer with the Sheriff’s Office called a “mini riot,” the investigation is continuing with no charges filed.
Lt. Dennis Gutierrez said inmates in late June set a fire and used mattresses to block windows and security cameras in one housing area commonly referred to as a “tank” that can house up to 24 individuals. “They started a mini-fire, and we are still trying to figure out how they got the fire started.”
Public records indicate two “arson” entries at 1307 Uhland Road, where the jail is located, on June 26.
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