Hale County Jail in Plainview, Texas Listed as Non-Compliant
The Hale County jail, in Plainview, Texas, is now listed as being non-compliant by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”). The TCJS inspected the jail on March 22, 2021 apparently as a result of an inmate escape. The TCJS inspector wrote that, after he reviewed video evidence from the February 20, 2021 escape, he determined that Hale County jail security was breached by leaving four doors unsecured. The inmate was able to walk out of the jail as a result.
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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