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Bexar County Jail Allegedly Fails to Comply with Minimum Jail Standards Continued An inspector with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) made the following notes about the alleged non-compliance…
Read More A Texas County Jail is Non-Compliant with Supervision Requirements for At-Risk Inmates A February 2022 Jail Inspection Report details noncompliance in the county jail in Texas alluded to in the…
Read More A Texas County Jail Inmate Dies from Suicide While on Suicide Watch The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) includes suicide prevention measures in operational requirements for local Texas jails.…
Read More Custodial Death Reports Seem to Conceal Jail Suicides Continued Adam Talavera Dies in El Paso County Jail on 6/4/22 Adam Talavera died on June 4, 2022, at El Paso County…
Read More Custodial Death Reports Seem to Conceal Jail Suicides Continued Two El Paso County Jail inmates recently died within six days of one another. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office filed…
Read More Current News about Inmate Deaths in Local Jails Continued In a Missouri county jail, 59-year-old Donald Matthews ate breakfast and told jailers he was fine at 8:30 AM on Saturday,…
Read More Current News about Inmate Deaths in Local Jails Continued A 44-year-old inmate of an Alabama county jail died in a local hospital on Saturday, July 16, 2022. Just before he…
Read More Current News about Inmate Deaths in Local Jails Continued To continue the story of the 25-year-old man who committed suicide in a Texas jail on June 4, 2022, the sheriff…
Read More Current News about Inmate Deaths in Local Jails Continued On July 20, 2022, a 23-year-old man died in the custody of a Texas county jail. The man was housed in…
Read More Current News about Inmate Deaths in Local Jails Continued A 39-year-old man incarcerated in a Pennsylvania county jail was discovered unresponsive in his cell on July 13, 2022. Life-saving efforts…
Read More Current news about inmates in local jails, both in Texas and other states, shows many deaths that have occurred in recent days, weeks, and months. When people are placed in…
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Texas Commission on Jail Standards Rule §273.6-Restraints There seems to be ample cause for concern when considering that inmates in county and municipal jails in Texas could potentially remain in…
Read More County Jail Inmates Die in a Restraint Chair Continued A 58-year-old inmate in a Georgia county jail was serving a 90-day sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol or…
Read More County Jail Inmates Die in a Restraint Chair Continued In a county jail in Georgia, a 21-year-old inmate was discovered dead in the restraint chair where he had been placed.…
Read More Health Risks Associated with Restraint Chairs Studies on the effects of restraint chairs have found various health risks associated with being strapped into one of the highly restrictive devices. Death…
Read More Continuation of Texas Juvenile Justice Department Rule §351.46–Restraint Chair The following are the continued guidelines for an inmate’s length of confinement in a restraint chair: Each of the following types…
Read More Continuation of Texas Juvenile Justice Department Rule §351.46–Restraint Chair The following are the remaining guidelines for the level of supervision that must be provided when a resident in a Texas…
Read More There is a significant difference between requirements for juvenile and adult inmates in a restraint chair in Texas. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) establishes the rules that apply…
Read More Texas Juvenile Justice Department Rule §351.46–Restraint Chair Certain criteria govern the use of restraint chairs in short-term juvenile detention facilities in Texas, including the following: The only type of restraint…
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The Freestone County jail, in Fairfield, Texas, recently received a notice of noncompliance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The Freestone County jail is now listed as being…
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