Georgia Kay Baldwin Dies After Being in Tarrant County Jail

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department, in Fort Worth, Texas, filed a custodial death report regarding the death of Georgia Kay Baldwin. Ms. Baldwin was 52 years old at the time of her death. We provide information we obtained from that report, and we make no allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone regarding Ms. Baldwin’s death.

The summary portion of the report reads in its entirety:

“Baldwin was housed in single cell 71A28 of the Lon Evans Correction Center (LECC) of the Tarrant County Jail. Baldwin had been in custody for an Arlington PD charge of Terroristic Threat to Peace Officer or Judge since April 27, 2021 at 1:20 PM. On September 14, 2021 at 10:09 AM, a medical code was called for Baldwin when she was found unresponsive in her cell. EMS/Fire was called to give aid along with JPSH medical staff assigned to the jails. Baldwin was transported by Medstar Ambulance Service to John Peter Smith Hospital (JPSH) at 10:57 AM. Dr. Ho Wang pronounced Baldwin deceased at 11:09 AM at JPSH. Detective J. Brown and Crime Scene Investigator L. Clancy responded to investigate. Texas Ranger Dendy, Company B, was notified and responded to investigate.”

Therefore, the summary does not provide any information about how often Ms. Baldwin was observed, what medical conditions were known before she had the medical episode described, and what if any medical treatment she had been receiving. The report does indicate that Ms. Baldwin had exhibited mental health problems.

People in Texas county jails, who have been convicted of nothing, have rights pursuant to the United States Constitution. Those rights include the right to reasonable medical care, reasonable mental health care, and to be protected from self-harm tendencies. If a person’s rights are violated, and the person unfortunately passes away as a result, then certain surviving family members may have claims related to the death. These claims are brought pursuant to a federal statute, and they are usually filed in federal court by a civil rights attorney.

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.