Kinney County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Kinney County jail, in Brackettville, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”). The inspection occurred on May 21, 2021. The Kinney County, Texas jail is now listed as being non-compliant by the TCJS.

The TCJS inspector found that jail administration could not provide a classification audit. Such an audit is required by minimum jail standards.

Further, the inspector found that jail administration could not provide suicide prevention training rosters or certificates. The inspector also could not verify whether suicide prevention training had been provided in accordance with the jail’s approved mental health operational plan. This is a serious violation, as the most common manner of death in a Texas county jail is suicide. Our law firm has unfortunately seen a number of such suicide cases, and have litigated and are litigating them.

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.