The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”) recently inspected the Walker County jail in Huntsville, Texas. As a result of the inspection, the Walker County jail is now listed as being non-compliant. The Walker County jail failed the inspection.
A minimum jail standard has certain requirements regarding use of restraints in a humane manner. TCJS inspectors noted that restraint chair logs indicated that Walker County jail staff exceeded the mandated 15-minute observation checks by as little as one minute and as much as 16 minutes on multiple occasions. Hopefully, the Walker County jail will bring itself into compliance with TCJS standards and treat inmates more humanely.
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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.
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