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Noncompliant jails

A few tidbits from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS):TCJS has posted online a list of Texas county jails which inspectors found to be out of compliance with minimum state standards, including pdf documents identifying areas of noncompliance. None of the largest counties are currently on the list, but several second-tier jails from Brownsville to Amarillo failed to make the grade.Here's TCJS' most recent newsletter, for those interested. A chart included in the newsletter indicates that 36% of all complaints from jail inmates statewide relate to medical services, which is three times the number of the next largest source of complaints (sanitation).Overall, according to the aggregated county jail population report, Texas jails are operating at a combined 74...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 05, 2010 (boomark / email).