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Harris County, Texas Jail in Houston Fails State Inspection

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The Harris County jail, in Houston, Texas, failed an inspection conducted by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”) in late 2020. TCJS inspectors noted that documentation from the jail reveal that face-to-face observations were not performed on inmates by jailers no less than once every 60 minutes as required by the TCJS. TCJS inspectors also learned that observations were not performed at 30-minute intervals where inmates were known to be assaultive, potentially suicidal, mentally ill, or who have demonstrated bizarre behavior. Hopefully, the Harris County jail, which houses hundreds of inmates, will remedy these problems and avoid inmate injury and/or death.

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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