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Hidalgo County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Hidalgo County jail, in Edinburg, TX, recently failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The TCJS inspection occurred between November 8, 2021 and November 10, 2021. The Hidalgo County Jail is now listed as being non-compliant by the TCJS.

The TCJS inspector found that the Hidalgo County jail violated two minimum standards. First, Hidalgo County jail records failed to show that medications were being distributed in accordance with written instructions from a physician. The medication administration records should have shown that medications were provided to inmates as directed by healthcare providers. Our law firm has found that this is a significant issue in some jails across Texas, and we are in fact litigating a case against Red River County as a result of a jail death and have uncovered evidence of failure to show that medications were properly distributed in that jail.

DM Corridor in County Jail with inmate and deputy
Prison guard esicort inmate throught corridor in jail corridor for booking after arrest.

The TCJS inspector also determined that the Hidalgo County Jail was apparently not providing inmates one hour of supervised recreation at least three days per week. Hopefully, the Hidalgo County Jail will bring itself into compliance with minimum standards.

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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