The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has recently listed Llano County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on July 10, 2023. It specifies the minimum jail standard the jail was cited for in a special jail inspection report also issued on July 10, 2023. A TCJS inspector alleges that the Llano, Texas, jail violated 1 minimum jail standard.

The address of Llano County Jail is 2001 TX-16 A, Llano, TX 78643. The jail has a housing capacity of 54 inmates. Details on alleged noncompliance follow.

Rule §275.1 – Regular Observation by Jailers

Llano County Jail has been cited for violating Rule §275.1, which states that every facility shall have the appropriate number of jailers at the facility 24 hours each day. Facilities shall have an established procedure for documented, face-to-face observation of all inmates by jailers no less than once every 60 minutes. Observation shall be performed at least every 30 minutes in areas where inmates known to be assaultive, potentially suicidal, mentally ill, or who have demonstrated bizarre behavior are confined. The following are the notes that the TCJS inspector made about noncompliance of Llano County Jail:

• A review of documentation and video received after a custodial death revealed that while jailers made observation rounds, the jailers did not view the inmate face-to-face as required by minimum jail standards.

The custodial death report for the detainee at Llano County Jail that is likely the death indicated in this special jail inspection report shows that the detainee “appeared to have died from self-inflicted suicide/hanging.”