A 32-Yr-Old Travis County Jail Inmate Dies Hours After Arrival
Christopher Luis Delarosa died at age 32 while in the custody of the Travis County Sheriff’s Department in the Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas. He was booked at 3:39 pm the afternoon of July 26, 2021, and was pronounced dead at 6:54 am the next day. The custodial death report on Mr. Delarosa’s passing indicated that he died of apparent natural causes pending the results of an autopsy and toxicology report.
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) provides minimum jail standards that guide county jail operations in the state. Many of the rules for jails address matters of safety intended to help ensure inmate safety, which includes custodial suicides. Inmates are at risk in general when it comes to the potential for suicide. Even though certain rules guide the intake process in a way that will help equip jailers to identify prisoners who are particularly vulnerable to attempting suicide, no system could be foolproof. The fact that an inmate denies suicidal ideation does not mean he or she is not at risk.
The rate of suicide in lock-up facilities is significantly higher than the rate of suicide outside the confines of jails. It is essential for jailers to be trained in identifying evidence that an inmate may be suicidal. Signs they may identify indicating that an inmate needs the added supervision provided in the housing area for at-risk prisoners will be included in the next segment of this continuing series.
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