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Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued Jared Jon Bell Dies from Suicide in Travis County Jail Jared Jon Bell went through intake at Travis County Jail on February 7, 2022. He…
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The Devastating Effects of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) When the body doesn’t get enough insulin, the liver begins breaking down fat for fuel. This process produces acids called ketones. Elevated ketones…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued Myth: You can’t prevent inmates from committing suicide if they are determined to do it. Fact: Suicide is preventable but at the same time unpredictable.…
Read More A story that was released earlier this year is about a man in a county jail outside of Texas who died of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in 2021. Anytime an inmate…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued Myth: Suicides almost always happen suddenly and without warning. Fact: In the vast majority of cases, there are warning signs before a suicide attempt. The…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued Myth: People who talk about suicide are just attention seekers. Fact: Inmates who die from suicide often tell someone they don’t want to live anymore,…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued A Gregg County Jail Inmate Hangs Herself with a TV Cable Continued The summary of how the death of Ashley Elizabeth Maxwell occurred, per the…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued A Gregg County Jail Inmate Hangs Herself with a TV Cable Continued A jailer at Gregg County Jail in Longview, Texas, made an unscheduled floor…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued Myth: Every Hanging is a Crime Scene. The Person Can’t Be Cut Down Until the Location is Photographed and Evidence is Accumulated. Fact: Inmates found…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued An Inmate at Fort Bend County Jail TX Commits Suicide at Age 22 On December 29, 2021, 22-year-old Zachary Daniels was incarcerated in Fort Bend…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide Continued An Inmate Hangs Himself in Travis County Jail A significant number of hanging victims will experience a spinal fracture and, therefore, spinal immobilization should be…
Read More Myths about Inmate Suicide The most common method of successful suicide in correctional institutions is hanging. It takes as little as 5 minutes for an inmate to hang himself and…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has recently listed Smith County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on…
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has recently listed McCulloch County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on…
Read More An Overview of Suicide Prevention Practices Continued Observation checks occur more frequently for inmates on suicide watch, but the intermittent checks may not allow jailers enough time to stop an…
Read More An Overview of Suicide Prevention Practices There are protocols for handling suicidal prisoners. The following requirements are part of the suicide prevention program at San Quentin State Prison. They are…
Read More Noncompliance reports in Texas frequently cite county jails for failing to conduct face-to-face observations. Sometimes, after a custodial death, an inspector with the Texas County Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS)…
Read More A 20-Year-Old Inmate Attempts to Strangle Himself With a Shirt Two correctional officers in a county jail system outside of Texas were conducting observation rounds in a housing pod they…
Read More A 55-Year-Old Ector County Jail Inmate Commits Suicide on 10/21/22 Continued The custodial death report (CDR) makes no indication that the inmate in Ector County Jail was suicidal. But it…
Read More A 55-Year-Old Ector County Jail Inmate Commits Suicide on 10/21/22 A 55-year-old man was booked into Ector County Jail on 10/2/2022. The address of the jail is 2500 S. US…
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