San Saba County Jail is in San Saba, Texas 76877 at 104 S Water Street. It has an inmate capacity of 12, and the jail’s contact phone number is (325) 372-3277. The San Saba County Sheriff handles San Saba County Jail operations. Jails in Texas must be run according to the rules established and enforced by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). Texas city and county jails are inspected annually. If TCJS inspectors discover that a jail has been non-compliant, they give increased scrutiny to that facility until it is up to code.

Restraint Chairs

As with all Texas jails, the jailers at San Saba County Jail are permitted by minimum jail standards to use various restraint devices. Restraint chairs are among the most restrictive mechanical restraint devices. They are controversial due to nationwide reports of abuse and custodial deaths associated with them.

For Texas jailers to be able to utilize restraint chairs, they must adhere to strict guidelines. The following are some examples:

• Do not use restraint devices as a punitive measure.
• Only qualified personnel with training can strap an inmate into a restraint chair.
• Medical care must be provided when an inmate has been in a restraint device for a two-hour period.
• Inmates kept in a restraint chair are strapped in at the ankles and wrists. It is essential to frequently check and ensure that circulation to the extremities has not been diminished.

This site’s posts seek to help inmates whose civil rights might have been violated while confined in a Texas city or county jail. There is never an intention to infer that misdeeds have occurred on the part of a person or institution.

–Guest Contributor