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Victoria County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) recently inspected the Victoria County jail, in Victoria, Texas. The TCJS found that the Victoria County jail was not in compliance with Texas minimum jail standards.

The TCJS inspector determined, after reviewing prisoner restraint chair logs, that Victoria County jail staff exceeded the mandated 15-minute observation checks by as few as one minute and by as many as 14 minutes on multiple occasions. This is a serious violation. It is extremely important that jailers make appropriate periodic observations of a person who has been put into a restraint chair. Otherwise, serious medical issues can occur. Hopefully, the Victoria County jail will remedy its non-compliance with TCJS minimum standards.

Written By: author image Dean Malone
author image 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.
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