Van Zandt County Non-Compliant Jail Report

Jail Name

Van Zandt County 

Report Date

04/04/2023 

Number of days

183 

Inspector

 

Original Report

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Notes and Summary

• Observation checks of inmates restrained with the restraint chair were conducted from 1 to 5 minutes over the required 15 minute time frame on multiple occasions.
• Detoxification cell records revealed that staff routinely exceeded the required 30 minute observation period.
• Records of incarcerated people with assaultive, potentially suicidal, mentally ill, or who have demonstrated bizarre behavior who are confined revealed that staff routinely exceeded the required 30 minute observation time period.
• The facility was last inspected by a local fire official in August 2021. This places the annual inspection past due by eight months.
• The facility was last inspected by health authorities on November 3, 2021. This places the annual inspection past due by four months.

Violation Types

• Admission - Chapter 265: Admission
• Health Services - Chapter 273: Health Services
• Life Safety Rules
• Sanitation
• Supervision Of Inmates - Chapter 275.1

Van Zandt County Non-compliant Jail Reports