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Maverick County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”) recently conducted an inspection of the Maverick County jail in Texas. The Maverick County jail is run by The GEO group, Inc. As a result of the TCJS inspection, The Maverick County jail is listed as non-compliant with Texas standards.

The inspection occurred in January 22, 2020. The TCJS inspector could not verify that inmates had been reassessed or reclassified since nearly one year later – in March 2019. The inspector also could not verify that staff had conducted a classification audit since the last TCJS inspection – April 24, 2019. Finally, the TCJS inspector noted that inmate cells contained excessive amounts of contraband. The inspector considered the contraband to be dangerous and further noted in her report that jail officers do not remove such dangerous contraband.

Written By: author avatar Dean Malone
author avatar 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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