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Ector County Jail is Cited for Noncompliance with Rules Related to Suicide Prevention Ector County Jail in Odessa, Texas, was sent a Notice of Non-Compliance on May 29, 2023, after…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has recently listed Camp 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 Wilbarger 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 Young 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 Ector County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance was issued on…
Read More Young County Jail is Cited for Noncompliance with Rules Related to Suicide Prevention Continued Noncompliance reports that are a result of special jail inspections often refer to a custodial death.…
Read More Young County Jail is Cited for Noncompliance with Rules Related to Suicide Prevention Many Texas county jails are cited for noncompliance every year, and many of the minimum jail standards…
Read More A 31-Year-Old Young County Jail Inmate Commits Suicide Thirty-one-year-old Brandon Kyle Taylor went through intake at Young County Jail on September 1, 2022. Young County Jail is at 315 N…
Read More A Young County Jail Inmate in Texas Dies Days After a Suicide Attempt In any given week, reports about inmate deaths demonstrate the importance of suicide prevention measures. On Monday…
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The Young County jail, in Graham, Texas, received a notice of non-compliance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TJCS) after a recent death of a detainee in that jail.…
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Sadly, Ruthie Jean Fisk died on April 6, 2022, although lifesaving measures were initiated and continued until emergency medical services (EMS) arrived and took over the effort. Ms. Fisk had been an…
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Forty-two year old Vincent Leyva was arrested and placed in the El Paso Downtown Detention Facility at 2:18 PM on March 13, 2023. The El Paso, Texas, jail is a…
Read More The El Paso Fire Department and Emergency Medical Technicians were called to El Paso County Jail to try reviving Vincent Leyva. They transported Mr. Leyva by ambulance to Las Palmas…
Read More Mitchell County Jail in Texas is now listed on the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website as a Non-Compliant Jail. The jail inspection report is dated December 8, 2022,…
Read More On April 6, 2023, after Ruthie Jean Fisk was discovered face-down on the floor in her cell in Lubbock County Jail, officers made a radio call about the unresponsive inmate.…
Read More Details about the death of 49-year-old Ruthie Jean Fisk are found in the custodial death report (CDR) under the summary of how the death occurred. At 5:10 PM on April…
Read More Forty-nine-year-old Ruthie Jean Fisk was booked into Lubbock County Jail on April 1, 2022. She was pronounced deceased in the jail at 5:56 PM on April 6, 2022. Per the…
Read More The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office filed a custodial death report (CDR) with the Office of the Attorney General on May 30, 2023. The report pertained to the death of Ruthie…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has recently added another listing for Willacy County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail on the TCJS website. A Notice of Non-Compliance…
Read More The Texas Commission on Jail Inspections (TCJS) now lists Newton County Jail in Texas as a Non-Compliant Jail. A Notice of Non-Compliance was sent to Newton County Jail on May…
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