Baris Hargrow is the 2nd Dallas County Jail Inmate to Die Within 2 Weeks
Sixty-five-year-old Baris Joe Hargrow was booked into the Dallas County Jail on March 28, 2024. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office filed a custodial death report (CDR) about Mr. Hargrow on July 1, 2025. Tragically, on June 21, 2025, at 10:18 p.m., Mr. Hargrow was discovered unresponsive in his single cell. Lifesaving measures were initially administered by jail staff and medical personnel. Mr. Hargrow was transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital (PHM), where, at 11:27 p.m. the same day, Dr. Ashlyn Cooper pronounced him deceased on arrival. The CDR reflects that Mr. Hargrow’s cause of death is unknown and awaiting autopsy results.
The intake officer noted when Mr. Hargrow first arrived at the jail that he exhibited mental health problems and made suicidal statements. He did not appear to be intoxicated on drugs or alcohol, and, as to whether he exhibited medical problems, the answer was “unknown.”
Just 13 days before Mr. Hargrow’s death, 66-year-old Terry Darren Shaw also died after incarceration in Dallas County Jail, though Mr. Shaw had entered the jail only four days before the day of his passing. It is always very concerning when deaths are more than isolated incidents in local jails. Jails across America are sometimes justifiably spotlighted because their rate of inmate deaths far exceeds the average.
Dallas County Jail aka Lew Sterrett Justice Center is at 111 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75207. The Dallas jail system’s total capacity is 7,100 inmates.
Three Inmates in the Custody of Harris County Jail Die Within 24 Hours
A June 24, 2025, news story reveals that a shocking string of three Harris County Jail inmate deaths occurred within 48 hours. This wasn’t the beginning, either. Weeks before, a 26-year-old inmate in Harris County Jail allegedly smoked a substance, lost consciousness, and was pronounced deceased. The total number of 2025 deaths so far at Harris County Jail is 10.
The following is information about the three inmates who died within 48 hours of each other:
- A 43-year-old inmate was transported to St. Joseph Hospital after suffering a medical emergency inside Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas. He had previously been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. Tragically, he was pronounced deceased at 7 a.m. on June 22, 2025, which was only four days after he was booked in the Houston jail.
- A 68-year-old Harris County Inmate also died on June 22. He had been hospitalized since June 19, after suffering a medical emergency in the jail. One day before he required emergency attention, he had been booked into the jail on several charges, including continuous sexual abuse of a child.
- On Monday, June 23, 2025, a 35-year-old man also died “after suffering a medical emergency in the jail.” He was booked in Harris County Jail on a drug charge 13 days before he was pronounced deceased.
Harris County Jail is located at 701 N San Jacinto St, Houston, TX 77002. The maximum inmate capacity at Harris County Jail is 9,575.
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