Wilbarger, Texas Jail Fails Inspection

The Wilbarger County jail, in Vernon, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”). The TCJS inspector determined that the Wilbarger County jail violated four minimum jail standards.

The inspector found violations regarding status reviews of inmates who are housed in administrative separation. The inspector also determined that inmates were not being allowed one hour of supervised recreation at least three days per week.

One important alleged minimum jail standard violation involved administration of medication. The TCJS inspector, when reviewing Medication Administration Records, found that such records failed to show that medications were distributed in accordance with written instructions from a physician. It goes without saying that jails should administer medications which are prescribed to prisoners. If a Texas jail inmate does not receive his medication, as prescribed, then he can suffer serious injury, illness, or death.

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.