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Jail standards commission needs greater healthcare focus

Interested readers should see recommendations for the Texas Commission on Jail Standards submitted to the Sunset Commission from Matt Simpson at the ACLU of Texas, compiled in response to a survey of advocates. Key proposals include stricter evaluation of medical care provided at county jails and improving medical care and services for pregnant inmates.I agree with most of what Simpson has proposed, but this statement in particular strikes me as only 2/3 correct: "Currently, the statutory authority of TCJS does not allow it to inspect in a meaningful way the quality of medical care, the quality of mental health services, or the conditions of confinement."While it's accurate TCJS has no capacity for meaningful oversight of jail medical services, they do a pretty good job IMO of identifying problems with "conditions of confinement...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).