Daniel Pentkwoski Dies in Bexar County Jail

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, in San Antonio, Texas, filed a report regarding the death of Daniel Pentkwoski. Mr. Pentkwoski was 53 years old at the time of his death. We provide in this post 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: “On 01/25/2023, at approximately 1018 hours, Inmate Pentkwoski, Daniel #XXXXXXX was found unresponsive, in his assigned housing location (cell CA26). A medical emergency was immediately initiated and life saving measures were initiated. Life saving measures were unsuccessful and Inmate Pentkwoski was pronounced deceased by EMS D. Tally.”

The report also indicates that Mr. Pentkwoski’s entry time into the jail was 7:27 p.m. on January 23, 2023, and the only listed offense was “retaliation.” The report also indicates that Mr. Pentkwoski appeared intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.

The United States Constitution requires that jailers provide reasonable medical care to detainees in Texas jails. If jailers fail to do so, and they are deliberately indifferent and/or act in an objectively unreasonable manner, and a person dies or is seriously injured as a result, then claims in a federal lawsuit may be appropriate. The Constitution protects all of us, whether we are incarcerated or not.

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.