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The Midland County Sheriff’s Office, in Midland, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of John Michael Soza. Mr. Soza was only 29 years old at the time of…
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Mills County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was sent to Mills…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has recently listed Midland County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on…
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Denton County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on August…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Bosque County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on October…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Tyler County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was sent to Tyler…
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Precautions to Protect Potentially Suicidal Detainees Continued In addition to making decisions about a potentially suicidal detainee’s clothing, their bedding, and possessions should be considered. If clothing and bedding should…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Robertson County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on October…
Read More Cameron County is Listed as Non-Compliant After a Custodial Death Continued Cameron County Jail was cited for noncompliance in October 2023. The special jail inspection was scheduled in connection with…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Cameron County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail twice on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was sent to…
Read More Warning Signs that a Detainee is Suicidal Continued Jail staff responsible for intake assessment of detainees are required to have additional suicide prevention training. They have the responsibility of looking…
Read More A Woman Dies from a Fentanyl Overdose While In a County Jail Outside Texas In a Pennsylvania county jail, illicit drugs were smuggled in, and two women suffered overdoses of…
Read More Texas Commission on Jail Standards Addresses Suicide Prevention Continued Rule §273.5-Mental Disabilities/Suicide Prevention Plan provides guidelines for dealing with potentially suicidal detainees and those with mental disabilities. Rule §273.5(a)(1) addresses…
Read More 7 Inmates Survive Fentanyl Overdoses After the Jail Provides Narcan Headlines about multiple inmates suffering from fentanyl poisoning are not unusual. One of the ways that jails can show responsibility…
Read More A Correctional Officer Tells an Inmate to Kill Herself 8 Hours Before She Was Found Hanging in Her Cell A graphic demonstration of the importance of suicide prevention training occurred…
Read More A Detainee in a Texas County Jail Dies After Ingesting Fentanyl The family members of a Texas jail detainee who died of fentanyl and a mixture of other drugs are…
Read More A Detainee in Liberty County Dies After a Suicide Attempt A 27-year-old man who was booked into Liberty County Jail on April 25, 2023, was still in the jail’s custody…
Read More Is it Jail Neglect when Jails Don’t Stop Drugs from Being Smuggled In? There is currently a huge threat to our nation in the form of non-prescription fentanyl, which is…
Read More A Family Questions Why Their 21-Year-Old Loved One on Suicide Watch Died from Suicide Continued According to the jail response of the city jail outside Texas, the 21-year-old was put…
Read More Suicide attempts are alarmingly frequent in local jails, where most detainees are still awaiting adjudication. This is the case in Texas and throughout the U.S. Not all custodial suicides make…
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