Madison County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Madison County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on August…
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Rusk County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Rusk County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on August…
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Atascosa County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) currently lists Atascosa County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on August…
Read More Detainee Dies in Tarrant County Jail After 73 Minutes-Pt.3
After being booked into Tarrant County Jail at 4:53 a.m. on August 1, 2023, detainee Derreal Jackson was in standard housing until 5:10 a.m. At that time, Detention Officer Etumnu…
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An Amarillo Detainee in Randall County Jail Dies-Pt2
The Randall County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report (CDR) about 51-year-old Michele Allen on September 14, 2023. Her middle name is shown as Jo. When she entered the…
Read More 21-Year-Old Travis County Detainee Dies on the 11th Day-Pt.2
The Travis County Sheriff’s Department in Austin, Texas, filed a custodial death report (CDR) about 21-year-old Sappi Franck the day after his September 13, 2023, death. Mr. Franck’s middle name…
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A Suicide Occurs in Randall County Jail on 8/14/23
Thirty-nine-year-old Clayton Shennum was booked into Randall County Jail on July 31, 2023. On August 14, 2023, at 4:50 a.m., he was discovered unresponsive in his cell shower. He had…
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Randall County, Texas Jail Death – Clayton Shennum
The Randall County Sheriff’s Office, in Amarillo, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Clayton Shennum. Mr. Shennum was only 39 years old at the time of his death. We provide information we obtained from that report,…
Read More Detainee Dies in Tarrant County Jail After 73 Minutes-Pt.2
The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office filed a custodial death report with the Office of the Attorney General of Texas about detainee Derreal Jackson on September 1, 2023. Mr. Jackson didn’t…
Read More An Amarillo Detainee in Randall County Jail Dies-Pt1
Michele Allen was 51 years old when she was booked into Randall County Jail on August 8, 2023. She was pronounced deceased on August 11, 2023, which was only about…
Read More 21-Year-Old Travis County Detainee Dies on the 11th Day
During intake at Travis County Jail on September 2, 2023, Sappi Franck appeared to be intoxicated on drugs or alcohol. Mr. Franck also made suicidal statements and exhibited mental health…
Read More Detainee Dies in Tarrant County Jail After 73 Minutes
Thirty-one-year-old Derreal Jackson went through intake at Tarrant County Jail at 4:53 a.m. on August 1, 2023. He was pronounced deceased at 6:06 a.m.—just 73 minutes later. He was on…
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Woman Detainee Death – Randall County, Texas Jail
The Randall County Sheriff’s Office, in Amarillo, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Michele Allen. Ms. Allen was 51 years old at the time of her death. We provide information we obtained from that…
Read More Travis County, Texas Jail Death – Detainee Sappi Franck
The Travis County Sheriff’s Office, in Austin, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Sappi Franck. Mr. Franck was only 21 years old at the time of his death. We provide information we obtained from…
Read More Derreal Jackson Death Tarrant County, Texas Jail
The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, in Fort Worth, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Derreal Jackson. Mr. Jackson was only 31 years old at the time of his death. We provide information we obtained from that…
Read More Are Detainees Unnecessarily Dying in Texas Jails?-Pt.5
Myths about Inmate Suicide Myth: It won’t happen in this jail because it’s too small. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released a report a while back that revealed a…
Read More Are Detainees Unnecessarily Dying in Texas Jails?-Pt.4
The Importance of Training Jailers the Myths About Suicide It’s not difficult to grasp the concept that lives may be saved if jailers receive training that may dispel errant personal…
Read More Are Detainees Unnecessarily Dying in Texas Jails?-Pt.3
A 37-Year-Old Detainee Dies by Suicide Continued This summer, Llano County Jail in Llano, Texas, was cited for noncompliance after the death of a detainee. The Texas Commission on Jail…
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A 23-Year-Old Dies by Suicide in Matagorda County Jail – Part 5
Reyes Vargas was booked into Matagorda County Jail in Bay City, Texas, on August 24, 2023. He was pronounced deceased before another 48 hours had passed. An officer found him…
Read More Are Detainees Unnecessarily Dying in Texas Jails?-Pt.2
A Vulnerable Pennsylvania Detainee Commits Suicide Continued In the case referred to in the first part of this series, the jail supervisor claimed not to know that the decedent was…
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