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Cooke County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

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The Cooke County jail, in Gainesville, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”). The inspection occurred on May 19, 2021. The Cooke County, Texas jail is now listed as being non-compliant by the TCJS.

The TCJS inspector, after reviewing classification records, found that minimum and maximum custody level inmates were housed together. This could result in serious injury to inmates, as a maximum custody level inmate could be more likely to assault a minimum level custody inmate. Moreover, the inspector noted that inmate workers in the kitchen were preparing food without any immediate staff supervision. Hopefully, the Cooke County jail will remedy its non-compliance.

Written By: author avatar Dean Malone
author avatar 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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