Bee County, Texas Jail Fails Inspection

The Bee County jail, in Beeville, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”). The inspection occurred on June 3, 2021. The Bee County jail is now listed as being non-compliant by the TCJS.

The inspector determined that the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system in the jail had not worked as designed since the jail had been populated, nor had repairs been made to it. Thus, it appears that temperature levels in the jail were not kept between 65 degrees and 85 degrees in occupied areas.

The jail also failed to comply with other minimum standards. The jail did not consistently conduct, within 48 hours for inmates held in holding cells, initial custody assessments. Moreover, custody reassessments were not consistently conducted within 30 to 90 days after the initial custody assessment. Custody assessments are very important to protect the health and welfare of inmates. Hopefully, the Bee County jail will bring itself into compliance with state standards.

Written By: Dean Malone

Dean Malone

Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.