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Keith Jrome Taylor Dies in St. Louis County Jail

During routine inmate checks at Minnesota’s St. Louis County Jail, 56-year-old Keith Jrome Taylor was discovered unconscious and unresponsive in his cell at about 9:30 a.m. on June 24, 2025.…

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32-Year-Old Jewelli Carrillo Dies at Pueblo County Jail in CO

Jewelli Carrillo, 32, was an inmate at Pueblo County Jail aka Pueblo County Detention Center when she was discovered unresponsive in her cell on the afternoon of June 24, 2025.…

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Inmate Adam Varnedoe Dies in Chatham County Jail

Adam Lewis Varnedoe was 45 years old and an inmate at Chatham County Jail when he was discovered unresponsive in his cell at 10:45 a.m. on June 25, 2025. Lifesaving…

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59-Year-Old Denise Marshall Dies in Kountze County Jail

Denise Lumpkin Marshall was booked into Hardin County Jail in Kountze, Texas, on March 27, 2025. Tragically, she was pronounced deceased in her cell two months later. She was only…

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Rankin County Jail Inmate Tevin Rogers is the 2nd Inmate Found Dead in 8 Days

Twenty-one-year-old Tevin Rogers was discovered deceased in his cell at Rankin County Jail on June 24, 2025. Jail staff saw no initial signs of trauma on his body. Mr. Rogers…

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Wesley Gautney Dies by Suicide in Georgia’s Bibb County Jail

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Department promptly announced the June 23, 2025, death of inmate Wesley Kyle Gautney, saying that he died by apparent suicide in Bibb County Jail. Mr. Gautney…

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Willie Toa Dies at the San Bernardino County Jail

Officials with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department reported on June 24, 2025, that a death had occurred at the San Bernardino County Central Detention Center jail. Thirty-year-old Willie Toa…

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Juan Salazar-Lopez Dies in Arkansas’ Sebastian County Detention Center

Forty-eight-year-old Juan Manuel Salazar-Lopez died in the custody of the Arkansas’ Sebastian County Detention Center on June 19, 2025. He was booked into the jail on May 5, 2025, on…

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Valen Long Dies after Incarceration in Harris County Jail

Valen Lucas Long was booked into Harris County Jail on April 21, 2025. Tragically, Mr. Long died in the jail’s custody on June 1, 2025. He was only 26 years…

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44-Year-Old Joey Campbell Dies in Kootenai County Jail

Forty-four-year-old Joey Campbell died in Idaho’s Kootenai County Jail on May 30, 2025. Results of an autopsy are awaited to learn Ms. Campbell’s cause of death. An investigation into the…

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Marion County Jail Inmate Jose Soto-Araujo Dies on 6/19/25

Jose Soto-Araujo of Beaverton, Oregon, an inmate at Marion County Jail, was found unresponsive in his cell on June 19, 2025. Deputies at the jail and medical staff immediately administered…

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Camden County Inmate Edward Brooks is Beaten to Death

Edward D. Brooks of Newark, Delaware, was an inmate at New Jersey’s Camden County Correctional Facility when he was repeatedly punched by a fellow inmate at approximately 1:00 p.m. on…

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Rabun County Jail Inmate Jacie Harrison Dies at 22

Jacie Louise Harrison was allegedly uncooperative and in an intoxicated condition as she was arrested on June 5, 2025, and placed in Rabun County Detention Center in Tiger, Georgia. Within…

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Mya Carlton Dies After Self-Harm in Michigan’s Kent County Jail

Mya Carlton was an inmate at Kent County Correctional Facility when she was found unresponsive from an act of self-harm in her cell. Ms. Carlton was taken to a hospital,…

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Third Dallas County Jail Detainee Dies of Water Intoxication – Third Federal Lawsuit Filed

Third Dallas County Jail Detainee Dies of Water Intoxication – Third Federal Lawsuit Filed For Immediate Release Dallas, Texas – June 19, 2025 The Dallas County jail has a long…

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2 Inmates Die Within a Week in South Central Regional Jail in West Virginia

Two inmates at the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia, died within six days of each other in June 2025. During routine checks conducted on June 12, 33-year-old…

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Brooks County Jail Again Violates a Life Safety Rule

Due to noncompliance, Brooks County Jail in Falfurrias, Texas, has recently been added to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website. TCJS inspectors found that Brooks County Jail failed…

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TCJS Cites Washington County Jail for Non-Compliance

Washington County Jail in Brenham, Texas, has been added to the list of non-compliant jails on the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website. A notice of non-compliance was sent…

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Benjamin Emery McGuire Suddenly Dies in Travis County Jail

Benjamin Emery McGuire was booked into the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle, Texas, on April 24, 2025. He suddenly collapsed in his single-occupancy cell on the afternoon of…

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Milam County Jail is Cited for Three Inmate Supervision Violations

Milam County Jail is now listed as non-compliant on the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website. A special jail inspection report was issued on May 28, 2025. The Cameron,…

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