Johnson County Jail in Cleburne Fails State Inspection

The Johnson County jail, in Cleburne, Texas, operated by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department, is now listed as non-compliant by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”).  This determination occurred as the result of an April 8, 2020 inspection by the TCJS.

The TCJS noted that the Johnson County jail violated Section 273, Paragraph .3, of minimum Texas jail standards.  That standard requires that all medical instructions of designated physicians be followed.  However, after the inspector reviewed medical documentation, presumably regarding a single inmate, the inspector determined that blood pressure checks were not performed daily for two weeks as ordered by a physician.

Typically, our Texas civil rights law firm finds that special inspection reports drafted by the TCJS followed the death of or serious injury to a county jail inmate.  The report referenced in this post does not state the name of the inmate.  However, a Fredrick Lynn Jarmon passed away after being in the Johnson County jail in March 2020.  Thus, the special inspection report could be a reference to treatment Mr. Jarmon did not receive.  This is just educated speculation, however, and the report referenced in this post may not refer to Mr. Jarmon but instead some other inmate at the Johnson County jail in Cleburne, Texas.     

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.