Medicine for El Paso Jail Inmates – Is There Enough?

Pre-trial detainees and prisoners who have been convicted of crimes have a right to reasonable medical care. Those rights arise under the United States Constitution. Thus, for example, a county jail in Texas must provide medication to a pre-trial detainee for significant medical conditions and/or issues.

As of this post, it is our law firm’s understanding that El Paso County, Texas commissioners are considering whether to approve additional funds for mental healthcare medication incarcerated at the county’s two jail facilities. There was apparently in place a contract in 2015 which set aside $100,000.00 as a budget for such medications. However, county documents have potentially indicated that the $100,000.00 amount was insufficient to provide needed medication. County commissioners are considering whether to increase the budget to $400,000.00.

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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.