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Live Oak, Texas County Jail Fails State Inspection

Prison guard esicort inmate throught corridor in jail corridor for booking after arrest.

The Live Oak County Jail, in George West, Texas, recently failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The jail is now listed as being non-compliant by the TCJS.

The TCJS inspector determined, on the day of the inspection, that the Live Oak County jail’s fire panel was in “trouble mode” and could not be reset to normal mode. The inspector also determined, when reviewing life safety documentation, that the last fire marshal inspection was conducted on September 2, 2020. This placed the fire marshal inspection past-due by 16 months.

These are serious violations, and they clearly both relate to the risk of injury or death from a fire. Hopefully, the Live Oak County Jail will remedy these issues and bring itself into compliance with Texas Commission on jail standards requirements.

Written By: author image Dean Malone
author image 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.
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