Danger on the street. Blue flasher on the police car at night.
The Medina County Jail, in Hondo, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) in or about July 2022. As a result, the TCJS sent a letter to the Medina County Sheriff and Medina County Judge. The Medina County Jail was therefore listed as being non-compliant at the TCJS website.
When investigating a custodial death occurring in the Leon County Jail, the TCJS inspector determined that there was no documented reassessment of an inmate confined to a violent cell. The inmate was confined in the violent cell for over 68 hours with no documented reassessments conducted.
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.
Dean Malone