Waller County Non-Compliant Jail Report

Jail Name

Waller County 

Report Date

12/19/2018 

Number of days

141 

Inspector

Shane Sowell 

Original Report

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Notes and Summary

• During the review of training records, four jailers did not have documented proof that they received training for the 3rd quarter of 2018.
• During the review of 30 minute face-to-face observation logs, it was determined staff exceeded the 30 minute rounds by as few as 1 minute up to 23 minutes.
• During the review of classification documentation, it was discovered three inmates were not classified properly on the initial assessment.
• During the review of classification documentation, it was discovered one inmate was not re-assessed within the required 30 – 90 days of the initial assessment.
• During the review of 60 minute face-to-face observations, it was determined staff exceeded the 60 minute rounds by as few as 1 minute up to 153 minutes. 2.) During the review of 30 minute face-to-face observations in areas where inmates are known to be assaultive, potentially suicidal, mentally ill, or who have demonstrated bizarre behavior are confined, it was determined staff exceeded the 30 minute rounds by as few as 1 minute up to 74 minutes.

 

Waller County Jail keeps failing inspections but the county does nothing to fire Sheriff Glenn Smith. He should have been relieved from his position years ago when Sandra Bland died here and he tried to do everything in his power to prevent the FBI from investigating her death. But instead of changing the sheriff, the county seems to have hired a public relations firm which has crafted a message of “we know we have a culture problem in our jail and we working to fix it”. The Sheriff’s words at the Jail Commission’s quarterly meeting in August of 2018.

Violation Types

• Admission - Chapter 265: Admission
• Classification And Separation Of Inmates - Chapter 271: Classification and Separation of Inmates
• Life Safety Rules
• Supervision Of Inmates - Chapter 275.1

Waller County Non-compliant Jail Reports