Death of Tarrant County Jail Detainee

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, in Fort Worth, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Clyde Alexander. Mr. Alexander was 48 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:

“the in-custody death of Tarrant County Inmate ALEXANDER, CLYDE K, black male, DOB: XX/XX/1975 CID #XXXXXXX, who had been house at the Tarrant County Jail at 100 N Lamar St, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76196. Inmate Alexander had been in TCSO custody since 06/28/2023 after being sentenced to 4 years of state penitentiary time on one charge(s), ASSAULT FAMILY/HOUSEHOLD MEMBER W/PREV CONV (22.01(b)(2)(A)) – F3.

Inmate Alexander died on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at John Peter Smith Hospital. Inmate Alexander was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital via ambulance on November 21, 2023 at around 0537 hours after experiencing a medical emergency (complaints of chest pain) in his pod on this date.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office was notified and took possession of Inmate Alexander. Tarrant County Sheriff’s Detective Ramon Garcia RMGarcia@tarrantcounty.com 817-884-1272 has been assigned the death investigation (TCSO report 2023-16455). The Fort Worth Police Department Major Case Unit will perform an independent review of the case. Further documentation and reports will follow the investigation as they become available.”

The report also admits that Mr. Alexander exhibited medical problems but does mention if he was receiving medical treatment prior to his chest pain.

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.