Nolan County Jail is in Sweetwater, Texas 79556 at 211 Avenger Field Road. The jail can be contacted at the phone number (325) 235-5471. The inmate capacity at Nolan County Jail is 96. The Nolan County Sheriff runs the jail per standards determined by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). Minimum jail standards are enforced by the Commission, as well. Nolan County Jail is inspected by TCJS annually. If found non-compliant with any jail standards, the jail is subjected to heightened oversight.

Restraint Chairs

Nolan County Jail staff can use TCJS-approved restraints on prisoners to prevent injury to themselves and others that may be at risk of harm. Restraint chairs are among the approved devices. Research encompassing jails across the US has revealed that restraint chairs are associated with custodial deaths to an alarming degree. For that reason, various jurisdictions throughout the country have outlawed restraint chairs.

TCJS has provided the following guidelines related to the use of restraint chairs:

• Only a restraint chair that has been professionally manufactured and that has not been altered in any way may be used in a Texas jail.
• When an inmate is placed in restraints, the least restrictive device appropriate to the situation must be used. In mobilizing the arms, legs, and torso, restraint chairs provide the greatest degree of restraint.
• The circulation of inmates’ extremities, when kept in a restraint chair, must be checked every 15 minutes in the case of adult prisoners and every 10 minutes when the detainee is a juvenile.
• There are specifics with regard to the length of confinement in a restraint chair. Although there are exceptions, juveniles may only be detained for one hour while adults can be detained, as needed, for as long as 24 hours.

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