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Hardin County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

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The Hardin County Jail, in Kountze, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) occurring on or about July 12th, 2022. The Hardin County, Texas jail is, as a result, now listed as being non-compliant by the TCJS.

The TCJS inspector determined that the Hardin County, Texas jail’s fire panel was red-tagged and inoperable. Equally troubling, the TCJS inspector determined that all intercoms in the Hardin County Jail were inoperable. Thus, the Hardin County Jail had the combination of no two-way communication in the jail while at the same time having the fire panel being red-tagged and inoperable. This could have led to serious injury and/or death, perhaps multiple deaths, in the event of a fire.

Written By: author avatar Dean Malone
author avatar 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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