The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has recently listed Galveston County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on August 21, 2023. It specifies the minimum jail standard the jail was cited for in a special jail inspection report also issued on August 21, 2023. A TCJS inspector alleges that the Galveston, Texas, jail violated 1 minimum jail standard.

The address of Galveston County Jail is 5700 Ball St, Galveston, TX 77551. The jail has an 1187-bed capacity. Details on alleged noncompliance follow.

Galveston County Jail is Found Noncompliant

The special jail inspection report shows that Galveston County Jail violated Rule §275.3 in the chapter on the Supervision of Inmates.. However, the minimum jail standard shown is in the chapter on Admission and it is Rule §265.3-Observation During Holding, which states that inmates confined in a holding cell or detoxification cell shall be observed by facility personnel at intervals not to exceed 30 minutes. A TCJS inspector wrote the following message about noncompliance of Galveston County Jail:

• During the review of documentation provided for a custodial death that occurred on July 3, 2023, it was determined that multiple rounds exceeded the mandated 30-minute timeframe.

This special jail inspection was instigated by a custodial death at Galveston County Jail. See more details here.