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The majority of prisons in Texas do not have air conditioning in inmate living areas, in spite of the sweltering heat in summer months. The Darrington Unit, a maximum-security prison…
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A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office detention officer was given a 10-day suspension in March 2017 because he allegedly did not properly supervise inmates in his care last year during a…
Read More Waller County Jail in Texas has become recognized worldwide as the place where Sandra Bland committed suicide in her cell after a controversial arrest. The death of Bland stands out…
Read More Justine Ruszczyk called the police on Saturday night, July 15, 2017, out of concern that a crime may have been taking place. According to Don Damond, Ruszczyk’s fiancé, she called…
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On Monday, July 17, 2017, a vehicle that 34-year-old Anthony Rivera was in was stopped in Victoria, Texas. Victoria police arrested Rivera, who was a passenger, on suspicion of marijuana…
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On September 16, 2016, 48-year-old Thomas Lorecki died after hanging himself in Jefferson County Jail in the state of Washington. One of his sons has filed a lawsuit against Jefferson…
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San Mateo County and a deputy with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office in California were sued by 64-year-old Richard Earl May Jr., who was bitten by a police dog…
Read More On Saturday night, July 15, 2017, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Justine Ruszczyk called 9-1-1 because she was concerned that a sexual assault may have been taking place in an alley near…
Read More On Friday, July 14, 2017, a federal court jury handed down a unanimous verdict, awarding more than $15 million to the parents and son of Leonard Thomas. In 2013, Thomas…
Read More A July 2017 report released from the Office of the Inspector General in the U.S. Department of Justice includes a review of the use of restrictive housing for inmates with…
Read More On July 13, 2017, a jury handed down their ruling in a civil case related to the alleged fatal police shooting of Ashley DiPiazza that occurred in Madison, Wisconsin, in…
Read More In early July 2017, 46-year-old Nhan Thang Nguyen was sentenced to ten years of prison and ten years of probation, after pleading guilty to an alleged shooting that occurred in…
Read More On Thursday, July 13, 2017, an Arlington mother, Latasha Nelson, accused Arlington police officers of promising to drop charges against her sons in exchange for video she shot from her…
Read More On Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2017, video surveillance allegedly recorded 31-year-old Christopher Geddes shoplifting inside a CVS Pharmacy in Dallas, Texas. According to the Dallas Police Department (DPD), Geddes got…
Read More In news out of Austin, Texas, on July 12, 2017, the district attorney in Travis County is requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court hear the 2013 case of a Caucasian…
Read More On Sunday, July 9, 2017, Forty-three-year-old Eloy Villanueva was discovered dead in his cell at Travis County Jail at about noon. Within an hour, he was pronounced dead. Villanueva was…
Read More A recent Gallup Poll indicates that public confidence in the police returned to an historical average in 2017. The poll indicated that confidence in the police had dropped to a…
Read More Adrian Salazar, age 22, was arrested on July 4 on Airport Road and has been charged with resisting arrest and, for the second time, driving while intoxicated (DWI). At the…
Read More Pre-trial detainees and prisoners who have been convicted of crimes have a right to reasonable medical care. Those rights arise under the United States Constitution. Thus, for example, a county…
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On Monday afternoon, July 10, 2017, Arlington police officers were called to a home on Carla Avenue regarding an attempted suicide. When they arrived, they discovered a man threatening suicide…
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