Gregg County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Gregg County jail, in Longview, Texas, recently failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The Gregg County, Texas jail is now listed as being non-compliant by the TCJS.

The TCJS inspection occurred from August 29 through 31, 2022. The TCJS inspector found that the fire alarm panel at a certain facility was inspected by a fire alarm company on March 17, 2022. However, the alarm company failed to properly tag the alarm panel following the annual inspection.

Further, and more seriously, when the TCJS inspector reviewed medication administration records at the Gregg County jail, multiple records were found to be missing documentation that medication was administered in accordance with instructions from a physician. Multiple days were seen on multiple medication administration records to be missing signatures and initials indicating that medications were administered. The TCJS inspector required that, within the next 30 days, Gregg County jail staff administration had to develop a plan of action to ensure that medications were administered in accordance with written instructions from a physician and moreover address missing documentation seen on medication administration records. Hopefully, the Gregg County jail’s failure to properly administer medications, or at least document saying, did not lead to serious injury and or death.

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.