Charles Nicholas Norris died at age 38 on September 30, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas. While Mr. Norris had allegedly been driving away from officers with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office for the purpose of evasion, a deputy shot him. Mr. Norris was placed in handcuffs and leg irons during transportation to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

An Inmate Having Seizures is Strapped Into a Restraint Chair

Continuing from Part 1 in this series, another incident involving a custodial death and a restraint chair has also been made public. An inmate in a county jail outside of Texas was allegedly behaving in a disruptive manner. The inmate began puking as he was having epileptic seizures.

The jail guards knew that the inmate was epileptic and, yet, they placed him in a restraint chair. The inmate was left alone. No one had cleared his airway or helped him to breathe, and he died in the restraint chair. According to an autopsy that was performed after his death, the inmate choked to death on his own vomit.

Learn more in Part 1 and this ongoing series. In the next segment, learn details of the death of a 21-year-old inmate in a county jail outside of Texas. His death also involved being strapped in a restraint chair. Family members provided numerous details about the man’s alleged lack of appropriate medical care at the jail during his incarceration.

This website never has the intention of implying that any individual or organization has been engaged in wrongdoing. Helping current as well as former inmates in Texas county jails is the purpose of posts on this site.

–Guest Contributor