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This week a lawsuit was filed against the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) in Abilene, Texas, in connection with the death of 31-year-old Amanda Nicole Scott. There are claims that…
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When it was originally announced that 30-year-old Stormye Murphey died in the Denton County, Texas, Jail, details of her death were excluded. News has since been released that the Tarrant…
Read More An inmate in the Wayne McCollum Detention Center in Waxahachie, Texas, died on Saturday morning, August 19, 2017. Jonathan Wilson was 19 years old, and Ellis County Sheriff Chuck Edge…
Read More A lack of video footage of the alleged police shooting of Kerry Bradley in Waco, Texas, on August 1, 2017 is resulting in public demonstrations and demands for justice. The…
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In Point Blank, Texas, at about 11:24 pm on August 6, 2017, a deputy with the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office was allegedly involved in a shooting. A 48-year-old male…
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On Sunday, August 13, 2017, Stormye Murphey, a Caucasian female, was booked into Denton County Jail on a charge of assault causing bodily injury. The next day, she had a…
Read More In recent months the Texas Commission on Jail Standards conducted a jail inspection at Wilson County Jail in Floresville, Texas, and the Jail Inspection Report lists seven alleged violations. Many…
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A Jail Inspection Report from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards was released for Marion County Jail in Jefferson, Texas, on August 1, 2017. One significant factor in these reports…
Read More Recently, in August 2017, the complete dashcam video of the 2015 roadside strip search of Charnesia Corley was released and quickly went viral. On June 20, 2015, in northwest Houston,…
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U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison of Houston ordered the Texas prison system to provide at-risk inmates of Pack Unit in Navasota, Texas, with air conditioning. State officials opted instead to…
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On December 15, 2014, 35-year-old Dennis Grigsby Jr., who was an African American with a history of schizophrenia, was allegedly fatally shot by a Texarkana, Texas, police officer as he…
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In Waco, Texas, on August 1, 2017, Waco police officers allegedly shot and killed Kerry Bradley, an African American. Police say 37-year-old Bradley was evading arrest when he used a…
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At about 3:25 a.m. on Monday, August 7, 2017, 38-year-old Jacobie Flowers was admitted to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility in Beaumont, Texas, on charges of alleged public intoxication. The…
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards routinely inspects Texas jails, and inspection reports are available to the public. The safety of inmates is one of the major reasons for accountability.…
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During a Texas Commission investigation on jail standards at Bosque County Jail, Texas, on March 20, 2017, six violations of jail standards were allegedly found. One of them is that…
Read More Quintero Devale Jones died in the McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas, on July 31, 2015. There was a heat wave going on at the time, and Jones was allegedly denied…
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On September 17, 2016, 19-year-old Devin Jaros was discovered hanging in a LaSalle County jail cell in Illinois. Jaros had been incarcerated for less than a day when the suicide…
Read More On Monday, July 31, 2017, at about 3:15 p.m., correctional officers at the Lake County Jail in Waukegan, Illinois, discovered an inmate attempting to commit suicide using a t-shirt. The…
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A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday, July 31, 2017, alleging that 48-year-old Joseph Hutcheson died because of lack of training and excessive force by four deputies with the Dallas…
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