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Grayson County Jail in Texas Fails State Inspection

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Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”), as a result of a January 9-10, 2020 inspection, found the Grayson County jail to be non-compliant with State standards.  The TCJS inspector noted that Grayson County jail staff were not distributing medications as ordered by a physician.  The TCJS inspector also found, while reviewing documentation, that medical staff were at times signing medication distribution sheets before even distributing medications, and at times not documenting the distribution of medication.

Finally, the TCJS inspector noted, while reviewing the medical file for Inmate Morrison, that jail staff did not perform and document a magistrate notification as required by Texas law.  Such a notification is very important when an inmate is suicidal and/or has other self-harm tendencies.

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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