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The Burnet Police Department, in Texas, filed a custodial death report with Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, regarding the death of Brandon Michael Jacques. Mr. Jacques was only 25…
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The Texas City Police Department in Texas City, Texas recently filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas. The report was about the death of Christopher Steven…
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The Pasadena Police Department, in Pasadena, Texas, filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Jamal Ali Shaw. Mr. Shaw was only 32…
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The Terry County, Texas jail, in Brownfield, Texas, is now listed by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”) as being a non-compliant jail. This occurred as a result of…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards, on or about March 14, 2019, inspected the Taylor County, Texas jail. The jail is located in Abilene. The Taylor County, Texas jail failed…
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The Freestone County, Texas jail in Fairfield, Texas, was once again cited by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for violations. Freestone County is now listed as a non-compliant jail…
Read More The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of Gabriel Rivera of Harlingen. Mr. Rivera was taken from the Cameron County, Texas jail to a local hospital on Tuesday morning. Mr.…
Read More The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of Charles Thomas Merkelz occurring the Jasper County, Texas jail. Mr. Merkelz was allegedly found unresponsive in the cell in Jasper. As additional…
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The Bowie County, Texas sheriff’s office recently filed a custodial death report with Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas. Bowie County, as is true with all other cities and counties…
Read More We have learned the name of the man who unfortunately passed away recently, apparently from dehydration, after being housed in the Galveston County, Texas jail. Ronald Cotton, Jr. passed away…
Read More The Bonham, Texas police department filed a custodial death report regarding the death of Mark Royal Gilliam. Mr. Gilliam was 63 years of age at the time of his death.…
Read More We write to follow up on our earlier post regarding the death of a 30-year-old inmate in the Galveston County, Texas jail. Another prisoner in that jail died on July…
Read More A prisoner in the Galveston County, Texas jail died on Thursday morning, March 14, 2019. Apparently, the inmate was only 30 years of age. Shockingly, it appears that he died…
Read More A custodial death report was recently filed with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Tommy Wayne Welch. Mr. Welch was 59 years old at the time of…
Read More We posted on our Facebook page about a recent Texas Commission on Jail Standards inspection report, documenting an inspection of the Bexar County jail. The Bexar County jail failed the…
Read More We posted yesterday regarding the suicide of Cameron James Pritchett in the Washington County, Texas jail. We also noted that the Washington County Sheriff’s department had filed a number of…
Read More The Washington County, Texas sheriff’s department recently filed a custodial death report with Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, regarding the death of Cameron James Pritchett. Mr. Pritchett was only…
Read More A man was recently found unresponsive in his cell in the Taylor County, Texas jail in Abilene. The Taylor County Sheriff’s office filed a custodial death report with the Attorney…
Read More Every county jail in Texas must, pursuant to the Sandra Bland Act, report to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, on a monthly basis, several types of occurrences. These occurrences…
Read More The Wichita County, Texas Sheriff’s Department, in Wichita Falls, recently filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Bernard Alexander Grant. Mr. Grant…
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