Jack County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Jack County jail, in Jacksboro, Texas, failed an inspection with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The Jack County Jail is now listed as being non-compliant with the TCJS.

The TCJS inspection occurred on November 9th, 2021. The TCJS inspector determined that jail staff failed to notify a magistrate within 12 hours as required by the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure on multiple occasions. The TCJS inspector noted that such was an area of technical assistance during the prior year 2021 annual inspection. The TCJS inspector found that the Jack County jail failed to comply with Section 273 of TCJS minimum standards. That section requires a jail to have and apply certain procedures for intake screening to identify inmates who are known to be or observed to be mentally disabled and/or potentially suicidal, as well as referrals to available mental health officials.

Our Texas civil rights law firm has handled an unfortunate number of jail suicide cases. It is extremely important that county jails in Texas comply with appropriate standards, and visibly monitor inmates, to assure that those with self-harm tendencies do not commit suicide and/or otherwise harm themselves. We do not have evidence indicating that such an occurrence happened in the Jack County jail. Hopefully, the Jack County jail will bring itself into compliance.

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.