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The Webb County Sheriff’s Department, in Texas, has reported yet another in-custody death to the Texas State Attorney General. We make no allegation of any wrongdoing in this post, but…
Read More The Midland County, Texas Sheriff’s Department recently filed a custodial death report with the Texas State Attorney General regarding the suicide of Stephanie Ann Gonzalez. Information in this post was…
Read More The Texas Rangers are investigating the death Renee Serna. Ms. Serna was found unconscious in her jail cell in Rockdale, Texas. It appears that Ms. Serna may have committed suicide. …
Read More Rhonda Newsome, who was 50 years of age at the time of her death, recently passed away in the Anderson County, Texas jail. Ms. Newsome had apparently been prescribed medications…
Read More The Jasper County Sheriff’s department filed a custodial death report with the Texas State Attorney General regarding the death of Joel Christian Parker. Information in this post was obtained…
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The Comal County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez was 37 years of age…
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County jails in Texas are inspected at least annually by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS), and they are also subject to an additional special inspection. After a 2018…
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The Starr County, Texas Sheriff’s Department recently filed a report of a custodial death with the Texas State Attorney General. Texas law requires that custodial deaths be reported in such…
Read More The San Antonio Police Department recently filed a report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the custodial death of Charlene Marie Kurkowski. Ms. Kurkowski was 57 years of age…
Read More The Harris County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas on June 5, 2018. The report was regarding the death of Ricardo Javier Vazquez. …
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The El Paso, Texas County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Christopher Moreno, who was only 28 years of…
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Following an inspection of Tyler County Jail in Woodville, Texas, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) released a Jail Inspection Report dated April 18, 2018. Some of the alleged…
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Minimum jail standards in Texas are designed to ensure, among other things, that prisoners are safe while incarcerated. At Bosque County Jail in Meridian, Texas, the Texas Commission on Jail…
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A Jail Inspection Report released on April 16, 2018, by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) details ten alleged violations of minimum jail standards, each of which can expose…
Read More The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Domingo Altamirano. Mr. Altamirano was 32 years of age at…
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) visited Wilson County Jail in Floresville, Texas, for an inspection earlier this year. A Jail Inspection Report was released with the inspectors’ findings…
Read More Last week, on May 24 and 25, 2018, two prisoners in Arkansas jails died, and the custodial deaths are under investigation. Charles Garza, age not disclosed, was pronounced dead at…
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Shaye Bear prematurely gave birth while alone in an Ellis County, Texas, jail cell on May 17, 2018. She claims that her cries and pleas for help were denied before…
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According to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS), a complaint was made on behalf of a prisoner which prompted a special jail inspection at Crosby County Jail in Crosbyton,…
Read More The Williamson County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report recently with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Lee Charles McCoy. Mr. McCoy was only 24 years…
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