State finds Marion County Jail non-compliant on three counts (Source: KLTV) By KLTV Digital Media Staff | February 23, 2021 at 2:12 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 9:56 PM
JEFFERSON, Texas (KLTV) - The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) cited three areas where the Marion County Jail was non-compliant in a Dec. 18, 2020 inspection report.
The first citation regarding training said all the jail’s staff involved in classification should have a minimum of four hours training on principles, procedures and instruments for assessments, housing assignments, reassessments and inmate needs. Staff who had not completed the training are performing classification duties according to the report.
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CLARKSVILLE â The family of a former Red River County Jail inmate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county in federal court this month, alleging the jail failed to provide proper care.
The inmateâs mother, Kathy Cabler, alleges in the motion the jail staffâs failure to follow proper procedures for inmates exhibiting self harm tendencies and medical neglect led to Chris Cablerâs death during his incarceration in May of 2019.
âWe canât release any information in regards to that situation,â Red River County Chief Deputy Michael Pace said.
The county is represented by the law office of David Iglesias in Tyler. Iglesias added it is standard practice to not comment on ongoing litigation. The motion was filed in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas in Texarkana and assigned to District Judge Robert W. Shroeder III.
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Chris Cabler was arrested and booked into the Red River County jail, in Clarksville, Texas, on April 16, 2019. During intake, it was disclosed that Chris had attempted suicide two months before. Chris had been in the same jail just a few months before and had harmed himself by swallowing and cutting himself with a razor blade.
According to a press release, a magistrate was notified that Chris had a mental condition, but the form reporting Chris’s condition improperly said that there was no indication of that condition. While Chris was in the Red River County jail, he made a number of requests related to mental health medication. Jail medication records, according to the Texas Ranger investigating Chris’s death, and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”), do not indicate that Chris was provided all needed medication.