The Ector County Detention Center, in Odessa, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) and is now listed as being non-compliant. The TCJS inspection occurred over three days in January 2022. The TCJS Inspector determined, when reviewing restraint chair logs, that Ector County jail staff exceeded the required 15-minute observation checks by as little as one minute, and by as many as 15 minutes, on multiple occasions. This is a serious issue, as restraint of an inmate could lead to serious injury or death. Hopefully no such injury or death occurred, and Ector County will promptly cure its noncompliance.
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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