Jim Hogg County Apparently Fails to Report Jail Death

As we recently posted, the Jim Hogg County jail, in Hebbronville, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The inspection appears to have been as a result of a custodial death in that jail. However, when searching custodial death records in Texas, it appears that Jim Hogg County did not file a custodial death report.

Texas law requires counties to file custodial death reports when inmates die in their care and/or custody. This is a not a law which can be ignored. However, it is our belief that Jim Hogg County has apparently ignored the law and failed to file such a report. These reports are important, because they allow families and the public at large to know what is occurring in our Texas county jails. Hopefully, Jim Hogg County will promptly file the report or, in the alternative, the Attorney General of Texas will take appropriate action against Jim Hogg County for failing to comply with its statutory duties.

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.