Mills County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Mills County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was sent to Mills County on October 11, 2023. It specifies the minimum jail standard the jail was cited for in a special jail inspection report issued on October 9, 2023. TCJS inspectors allege that the Goldthwaite, Texas, jail violated 1 minimum jail standard.
The address of Mills County Jail is 2111 Priddy Rd, Goldthwaite, TX 76844. The jail has a 715-bed capacity. Details on the alleged noncompliance follow.
Rule §273.5(a)(1)- Training
Mills County Jail has been cited for violating Rule §273.5(a)(1)- Training, which is in the chapter on Health Services, as follows: (a) Each sheriff/operator shall develop and implement a mental disabilities/suicide prevention plan, in coordination with available medical and mental health officials, approved by the Commission by March 31, 1997. The plan shall address the following principles and procedures: (1) Training. Provisions for staff training (including frequency and duration) on the procedures for recognition, supervision, documentation, and handling of inmates who are mentally disabled and/or potentially suicidal. Supplemental training should be provided to those staff members responsible for intake screening.
- During a review of training documents, it was discovered that only 1 out of 12 jailers had completed the suicide prevention training for the annual requirement as stated in their operational plans.
Detainees in Mills County Jail may not have had the benefit of effective suicide prevention measures during the time of the alleged lack of suicide prevention training among the correctional staff.
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