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Childress County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

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

The TCJS inspector determined that the Childress County jail had not conducted life safety training during the prior twelve months. Such training must be provided immediately upon employment of jailers and no less than each calendar quarter for all jail personnel. This training includes fire, emergency, evacuation drills, and location and use of equipment.

The inspector also determined that the quarterly fire prevention checklist had not been completed during the prior year. Finally, the jail had not conducted a load test on its emergency generator during four of the prior twelve months.

Written By: author image Dean Malone
author image 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.
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