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The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department recently filed a custodial death report with the Texas State Attorney General regarding the death of Jennifer Lynn Espinoza. Ms. Espinoza was only 37 years…
Read More Steven Mitchell Qualls passed away last week when being held in the Jasper, Texas city jail. Mr. Qualls was arrested based on a charge of public intoxication. Apparently, Mr. Qualls…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards recently determined, after an inspection of the Shelby County, Texas jail, that the jail was not compliant with minimum standards set forth by the…
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El Paso County, Texas has, in the past, used University of Texas Medical Branch to provide healthcare to prisoners in its county jail. However, El Paso County Commissioners recently voted…
Read More Evan Lyndell Parker, only 34 years of age at the time, attempted suicide in the Waller County, Texas jail on or about Friday, January 25, 2019. He was transported to…
Read More The Montgomery County, Texas Sheriff’s Department recently filed a report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the custodial death of William Otto Nuttall, Jr. Mr. Nuttall was 58 years…
Read More On Friday morning, January 25, 2019, a Waller County, Texas prisoner attempted to commit suicide. The Waller County jail is the location where Sandra Bland committed suicide. We posted about…
Read More The Val Verde County Sheriff’s Department, in Del Rio, Texas, recently filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Matthew Tyler Fox. Mr.…
Read More The Waller County, Texas jail gained the unfortunate notoriety, worldwide, as being the location where Sandra Bland committed suicide. Ms. Bland’s suicide resulted in a change in Texas law regarding…
Read More In December 2018, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards conducted an inspection of the Victoria County, Texas Jail. When doing so, the TCJS inspector included in her report descriptions of…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards recently issued a special inspection report regarding the Fannin County, Texas jail. The report was issued on December 19, 2018. The report includes a…
Read More Rebecca Esterline-Brixey, only 45 years of age at the time, was found to be unresponsive in a cell in the Jefferson County Jail in Arkansas on or about December 8,…
Read More Krysten Mischelle Gonzalez recently committed suicide in the Oklahoma County, Oklahoma jail. Links to several related articles are here – https://newsok.com/article/5620600/mother-of-jail-inmate-who-died-questions-why-daughter-wasnt-in-mental-health-ward http://www.news9.com/story/39760696/oklahoma-county-sheriffs-office-ids-inmate-who-died-tuesdayh People in custody in county jails have a…
Read More A Haltom City woman, who was incarcerated in the Tarrant County jail, recently passed away in custody. Jennifer Espinoza, who was only 37 years of age at the time, had…
Read More Tom Green County, Texas is building a new jail. Check out this article – https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2019/01/19/construction-schedule-new-tom-green-county-jail/2617655002/
Read More The Collin County, Texas Sheriff Department recently filed a report regarding the custodial death of David Hyun Wang with the Attorney General of Texas. Information in this post was extracted…
Read More The Taylor County Sheriff’s Department recently filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding the death of Margo Daniele Gomez. Ms. Gomez was only 34 years…
Read More Texas privately-run prisons, jails, and holding facilities are generally responsible to comply with the United States Constitution regarding care and treatment of prisoners. Therefore, if an inmate commits suicide, is…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (“TCJS”), on or about January 4, 2019, conducted an inspection of the San Patricio County, Texas jail. The TCJS found several areas of non-compliance.…
Read More A prisoner at the Denton County, Texas jail passed away on December 30, 2018. Stacy Wright, who was only 49 years of age, was initially incarcerated in the jail on…
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