Brazos County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) now lists Brazos County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website because of a failed jail inspection. The jail inspection report with details on the alleged noncompliance is dated November 16, 2022.
TCJS Inspector Wendy Wisneski conducted the jail inspection, which cites Brazos County Jail for one alleged violation of minimum jail standards. The address of Brazos County Jail is 1835 Sandy Point Rd, Bryan, TX 77807.
TCJS cited Brazos County Jail for non-compliance with § 275.1- Regular Observation by Jailers. This rule is under the chapter on the supervision of inmates. Each jail facility must have the appropriate number of jailers on site 24 hours daily. Face-to-face observations must be performed in intervals not to exceed once every 60 minutes. In areas where at-risk inmates are held, however, the face-to-face observations must take place every 30 minutes at most. At-risk inmates include those who are mentally ill, assaultive, or possibly suicidal or who have exhibited bizarre behavior.
- An internal review conducted by Brazos County plus self-admission revealed that observation rounds had not been conducted for more than five (5) hours when a serious incident occurred on October 8, 2022.
Guidelines for the observations of prisoners are essential jail standards because inmates are endangered when there is a lack of proper supervision. Studies show that inmates are far more vulnerable to potential harm when members of the jail staff fail to conduct required observation rounds.
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