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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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The Bexar County, Texas jail in San Antonio was recently inspected by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Unfortunately, after that inspection, the Bexar County jail was found to be…
Read More A prisoner in the Hunt County, Texas jail died on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The prisoner was allegedly found in distress in the jail, and was ultimately transported to a…
Read More Frank Compton was found unresponsive in his cell in the Baxter County jail in Arkansas. Mr. Compton was allegedly arrested for suspicion of public intoxication and criminal trespass. We are…
Read More Anthony Phillip Garner committed suicide in the Pleasant Hill Police Department jail in Missouri. Mr. Garner passed away on December 19, 2018. Mr. Garner used his own belt to hang…
Read More The Attorney General of Texas recently received from the Harris County Sheriff’s Department a custodial death report regarding the death of Floyd Spencer Rachelle. Mr. Rachelle was only 30 years…
Read More The Port Arthur Police Department recently filed a custodial death report regarding the death of Shayne Delmair Lyons. Mr. Lyons was 35 years of age at the time of his…
Read More On Thursday, February 7, 2019, a Snyder, Texas police officer shot and killed a person after the police officer responded to a suspicious person call. Allegedly, an altercation began that…
Read More Nico Lee Collins, only 29 years of age at the time, apparently unfortunately committed suicide while being held in the Cimarron County Jail in Oklahoma. Mr. Collins was allegedly arrested…
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