Fort Bend and McLennan County jails violate standards, officials say
State regulators have found that two county jails are violating Texas' minimum jail standards after inmate suicides earlier this month.
On Nov. 5, Texas Commission on Jail Standards officials sent a letter to authorities in Fort Bend County, following two deaths in custody since Sept. 30.
"You are hereby notified that the jail in your county fails to comply with minimum standards ... and that appropriate corrective measures must be initiated," commission officials wrote to Sheriff Troy Nehls, a criminal justice reformer who has made changes at the county jail in recent years, such as providing GED classes or vocational training for inmates.
The commission found that Fort Bend County jailers were not completing face-to-face checks on inmates every hour, as required by law.
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