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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…
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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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Tasers are used by police officers supposedly as a safer way than other methods to deal with combative suspects. A video has been released which allegedly show deputies using a…
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Greater transparency with regard to law enforcement reporting on fatal and serious police shootings has uncovered cases that would allegedly previously have been obscured. When agencies don’t report officer-involved shootings,…
Read More The actions of a constable deputy in Harris County Precinct One in Houston, Texas, have come under fire this week. The deputy approached 20-year-old African American Marlin Gipson, who was…
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In Wayne County, Michigan, an alarming surge in jail suicides is causing widespread concern. Over the past 13 months, there have been eight suicides in Wayne County jails. This number…
Read More Since May 2017, there have been three inmate suicides at Macomb County Jail, Michigan. In the past three years prior to 2017, there was one inmate death at the jail.…
Read More In 2014, 27-year-old Antoquan T. Watson was killed in Atlantic City, New Jersey, when seven police officers allegedly opened fire and shot him 45 times. This week, dashcam footage of…
Read More The Houston, Texas, City Council was set to vote on July 25, 2017, regarding whether or not to enter a settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit. The potential 85,000-dollar…
Read More On June 26, 2017, an investigation began with regard to an incident that allegedly occurred at Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Central Jail in Florida. An inmate’s nose and some of…
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