Brazoria County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection
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The Brazoria County jail, in Angleton, Texas, failed a Texas Commission on Jail Standards inspection (“TCJS”) in December 2020. As a result, the Brazoria County jail is now listed as being non-compliant.
The TCJS inspector learned that the Brazoria County jail was not following its approved Health Services Operational Plan and ensuring that procedures are in place to ensure nutritional requirements for pregnant inmates. The Brazoria County jail was also unable to produce documentation showing that dietary menus included provisions for ensuring nationally-recognized nutritional requirements for known pregnant inmates. Finally, the TCJS inspector noted issues with information contained in recreation logs.
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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.
Dean Malone