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Man Commits Suicide in Ochiltree County, Texas Jail

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The Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Department filed with the Attorney General of Texas a custodial death report regarding the death of Tommy Lynn Hernandez.  Information in this post was obtained from that report, and we do not have any personal knowledge of anything in this post.  We also make no allegation about any wrongdoing.

On January 21, 2018, shortly after 5:00 p.m., Mr. Hernandez would found hanging in a cell he occupied at the Ochiltree County Jail.  The report does not provide any detail about whether Mr. Hernandez was on suicide watch.  Prisoners with know issues must be closely watched, and the failure to do so can be a civil rights violation.  CPR was started, and City of Perryton EMTs responded.  Mr. Hernandez passed away four days later at a local hospital.  The Texas Rangers are conducting an investigation.

 

 

Written By: author image Dean Malone
author image 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.
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