Jail Neglect Attorney Dean Malone Quoted in Article About Mental Health Issues in Jails

Dallas civil rights attorney Dean Malone was quoted in a KERA News report examining mental health care in Texas jails and a $30 million state grant to expand competency restoration services. Malone represented the family of Georgia Baldwin, who died in the Tarrant County Jail in 2021 while waiting for mental health treatment.

Malone said jails have an obligation to ensure that individuals with severe mental illness receive proper care, including monitoring of basic needs like eating and drinking. He emphasized that incarceration is often an inappropriate setting for people experiencing serious mental health crises — a failure that continues to highlight systemic issues across Texas jails.

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