Gregg County Special Non-Compliant Jail Report

• Documentation and video received and reviewed as well as self reporting by facility administration revealed that while rounds were conducted, face to face observations were not conducted as required.
• Documentation and video received and reviewed as well as self reporting by facility administration revealed that the inmate was not physically counted at least once per day as required.

Lack of face to face observations led to the opportunity for an inmate to escape. Reports indicate that all but four of 29 employees at Gregg County’s South Jail were disciplined after a “systematic failure” to follow supervision procedures allowed an inmate to escape undetected the week of Christmas.

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https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/gregg-county-jailers-disciplined-after-inmate-escapes-undetected/article_4068726a-3419-11ea-a416-8715db3133de.html

• Supervision Of Inmates