TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS SPECIAL INSPECTION REPORT Facility Name: Jack Harwell Detention Center Date: August 13, 2018 Item Section Paragraph Comments 1 275 .1 Facilities shall have an established procedure for documented, face-to-face observation of all inmates by jailers no less than once every 60 minutes. The jailers exceeded the required 60 minute visual face-to-face observations from 54 minutes up to 1 hour and 35 minutes. Although the observation logs indicated that the observations were completed as required, a review of video verified that the jailers are not conducting visual face to face observations as required by minimum jail standards. 2 275 .1 Observation shallbeperformedatleastevery30minutesinareaswhereinmatesknowntobe assaultive, potentially suicidal, mentally ill, or who have demonstrated bizarre behavior are confined. The jailers exceed the required 30 minute visual face-to-face observations in areas where inmates are known to be assaultive, potentially suicidal, mentally ill or whohave demonstrated bizarre behavior from 30 minutes to1 hour and 57 minutes. Althoughthe observation logs indicated that the observations were completed as required, a review of video verified that the jailers are not conducting visual face-to-face observations as required by minimum jail standards. 3 275 .4 Inmates shall be supervised by an adequate number of jailers to comply with state law and thischapter.Onejailershallbeprovidedoneachfloorofthefacilitywhere10ormoreinmates are housed, with no less than 1 jailer per 48 inmates or increment thereof on each floor for direct inmate supervision. After reviewing video, it was determined that there are times that jailers are not in their assigned wings which violates the staffing agreement submitted by the facility administration on April 10, 2018. Jackie Benningfield - TCJS Inspector