Nacogdoches County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) conducted an inspection of the Nacogdoches County jail, in Nacogdoches, Texas, on January 15, 2022. As a result of the TCJS inspection, the Nacogdoches County jail is now listed as being non-compliant.

The TCJS Inspector failed the Nacogdoches County jail, because it violated a minimum jail standard. The TCJS Inspector determined, after reviewing documentation, that the Nacogdoches County jail exceeded its rated housing capacity on multiple days: January 11, 2022, January 12, 2022, and January 13, 2022. It is important that jails not exceed their rating housing capacity, as there will be insufficient jailers to supervise inmates. Inappropriate supervision of inmates can lead to illness or death, for inmates who are suicidal, or for those inmates who need medication and perhaps do not receive it as prescribed by a physician. Hopefully, the Nacogdoches County jail will quickly bring itself into compliance.

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.