Crosby County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Crosby County jail, in Crosbyton, Texas, recently failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”).  Therefore, the Crosby County jail, operated by the Crosby County Sheriff’s Office, is now listed as being non-compliant by the TCJS. 

Suicide in jails across Texas, as well as throughout the nation, is a significant problem.  However, the TCJS inspector found that suicide training for employees at the Crosby County jail had not been conducted since November 2018.  The Mental Health Operational Plan requires staff to receive four hours of suicide training annually. 

The TCJS inspector also noted that there had been no searches for contraband in the Crosby County jail during the months of March, April, and May 2020.  This issue had been noted in a prior inspection and apparently not remedied.  Hopefully, the Crosby County jail will bring itself into compliance with bare minimum jail 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.