Mason County Jail is in Mason, Texas  76856 at 122 Westmoreland St. The jail can be contacted at the phone number (325) 347-5556. The inmate capacity at Mason County Jail is 5. Among the responsibilities and functions of the Mason County Sheriff are jail operations. Texas minimum jail standards must be upheld in all Texas jails. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) determines what those standards are and conducts annual inspections to ensure compliance. If a jail is found to be non-compliant, it is subjected to heightened scrutiny.

Inmate Restraints

In Texas jails, jailers are permitted to use approved restraint methods to control the movements of inmates in certain circumstances. If, for instance, it appears that an inmate’s behavior poses a risk of harm to himself or others, an authorized person can approve the use of restraints. Only medical personnel and supervisory personnel can make that decision. The following are among the rules that guide the use of restraints:

• The individual’s medical condition must be assessed by a qualified member of the staff before placing an inmate in restraints.
• It is only to the degree that is necessary to avoid injury to an inmate or others that the inmate can be placed in restraints.
• Whenever it is feasible, padded, or soft restraints should be used.
• If an inmate has any type of physical infirmity, they should not be restrained in a way or in a position that worsens their condition.
• Every 15 minutes, the inmate in restraints must be observed in a face-to-face check by a jailer. Part of the observation is to ensure that the inmate has circulation to the extremities.

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