Employees told to leave old Bastrop County Jail over asbestos concerns

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Employees have been removed from the historic old Bastrop County Jail, officials said Wednesday, citing health and safety concerns.
A tip KXAN received said the building was shut down Tuesday and that county employees were never warned about asbestos in the plaster on the walls.
The building in the courthouse complex at 801 Pine St. houses the county’s Indigent Care program, Prescription Assitance and Civil Process offices. It’s also where th