The other former county deputy jailer in a state outside of Texas pled guilty to violating the civil rights of an inmate. She could have served up to ten years in prison for the crime, but she made a plea agreement stating that she would receive home incarceration and probation if she would testify against the aforementioned former deputy jailer. According to the deputy jailer, she was the person whose finger was broken, the event that supposedly led to acts of retaliation on the part of the other deputy jailer.

The misconduct that the female deputy jailer admitted to involved an inmate she suspected of burglarizing her home several months prior. Another inmate offered to “take care of” the suspected burglar, and the deputy jailer said to go ahead and then walked away. The inmate who made the offer then fought the burglary suspect.

These types of events involving inmates being used for retaliation don’t fit with the rights all individuals are guaranteed under the United States Constitution and other laws. The right to reasonably safe conditions of confinement rules out being purposefully subjected to any sort of violence.

The minimum jail standards established by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards delineate the kinds of discipline permitted in Texas jails. Violence has no part in any disciplinary options.

See Part 1 of this two-part series.

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