Uvalde County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Uvalde County jail, in Uvalde, Texas, failed a Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”) inspection on December 16, 2020. The Uvalde County jail is now listed as being non-compliant.

The TCJS inspector noted that, on the day of inspection, inmates had been held in holding cells for more than the allowed 48-hour-period. The TCJS inspector also noted that jail documentation revealed that Uvalde County jail jailers did not conduct observations of inmates in a restraint chair every 15 minutes as required by minimum jail standards. The TCJS inspector also learned that documentation did not verify that inmates were consistently provided 24 hours written notice of a claimed violation or charge. Inmate interviews and grievance documentation also showed that jail administration did not consistently provide the 15-day interim response as required and at times the administration exceeded the maximum time limit of 60 days to respond to inmate grievances.

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.