Brandon Kyle Taylor Dies After in Young County, Texas Jail

The Young County Sheriff’s Department, in Graham, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Brandon Kyle Taylor. Mr. Taylor was only 31 years old at the time of his death. We provide information we obtained from that report, and we make no allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone.

The summary portion of the report reads in its entirety, “The Decedent was in a segregation cell. In between floor checks, the Decedent used bedding to hang himself.”

The report provides no additional information regarding any ongoing issues with Mr. Taylor, whether he was receiving mental health treatment, or any other specifics regarding his ongoing incarceration. The report does indicate that Mr. Taylor exhibited mental health problems.

The United States Constitution requires Texas jails to protect inmates from themselves and others. If jailers violate a person’s constitutional rights, and that person dies as a result, then certain surviving family members may be able to file a federal constitutional rights lawsuit. Our firm is litigating a number of suicide cases across Texas.

Written By: Dean Malone

Dean Malone

Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.