Parker County Jail in Weatherford, Texas Fails to Pass State Inspection – Listed as Non-Compliant

The Parker County, Texas jail failed a Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”) inspection in late March 2019. The TCJS inspector noted, after reviewing video evidence, that Parker County, Texas jail staff used a violent cell to temporarily hold a female prisoner who was not violent and who did not display violent behavior. Jail staff also logged that the female inmate had refused recreation. Further, inmates in other cells did not receive the full one-hour of recreation as required by minimum jail standards. The jail is now listed as being non-compliant.

It is important in Texas county jails comply with TCJS standards. Many of those standards are in place for the protection of prisoners, and to assist with complying with their constitutional rights. If a county or city in Texas violates the constitutional rights of a person incarcerated in a jail cell, then the county or city may be liable pursuant to federal law.

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.