Leon County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Leon County Jail, in Centerville, Texas, recently failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). As a result, on July 20, 2022, the TCJS sent a letter to the Leon County sheriff and the Leon County judge. The Leon County Jail is now listed as being non-compliant at the TCJS website.

The TCJS inspector, in or about July 2022, after investigating a complaint related to overcrowding, discovered that Leon County had nine inmates housed in a portion of the jail, which is a multiple occupancy cell, and which may not exceed eight inmates. Moreover, the TCJS inspector found that Leon County was housing females in areas within the jail in too close proximity to male inmates. Finally, the Leon County Jail violated the standard requiring at least one jailer for every 48 inmates. Thus, there was clearly overcrowding in the Leon County Jail. Hopefully, no injury or death occurred as a result.

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.