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A Woman Commits Suicide in Gregg County Jail Texas-Pt4

Ashley Elizabeth Maxwell was booked into Gregg County Jail on May 24, 2022. The custodial death report (CDR) with details of her tragic death indicates that she was booked on charges…

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An Inmate in the Plano, Texas, City Jail Dies 8 Hours After Arrival-Pt.5

On April 26, 2022, Quaid Copplio Thomas was sleeping in his vehicle when officers with the Plano Police Department were dispatched to check on him. Officers arrested him both for…

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A 50-Year-Old Inmate is Found Dead at Ochiltree County Jail in Perryton, Texas-Pt5

Billy Joe Spann, age 50, entered Ochiltree County Jail in Perryton, Texas, on April 30, 2022, and was found dead in his cell 19 days later. The custodial death report…

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A Woman in a Borger, Texas, County Jail Uses a Bedsheet to Commit Suicide-Pt4

The custodial death report (CDR) about Miranda Louise Grayson shows that she entered Hutchinson County Jail on May 12, 2022. She was housed in a single cell, where she was…

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A Woman Commits Suicide in Gregg County Jail Texas-Pt3

The custodial death report (CDR) filed about the May 26, 2022, death of Ashley Elizabeth Maxwell indicates that she exhibited mental health problems during the booking process at the Gregg…

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A Brazos County Jail Inmate Dies in About 9 Hours-Pt2

The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office in Bryan, Texas, filed a custodial death report (CDR) on Terrance D’Shawn Hammond on June 6, 2022. Mr. Hammond was detained by the College Station…

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An Inmate in the Plano, Texas City Jail Dies 8 Hours After Arrival-Pt.4

The April 27, 2022, custodial death of Quaid Copplio Thomas is summarized in the custodial death report (CDR) filed by Plano Police Department, which is located in Plano, Texas. The…

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A 50-Year-Old Inmate is Found Dead at Ochiltree County Jail in Perryton, Texas-Pt4

The custodial death report (CDR) for Billy Joe Spann indicates that he both appeared intoxicated and exhibited medical problems when he was booked into Ochiltree County Jail in Perryton, Texas, on…

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Texas Commission on Jail Standards Issues Memo Regarding Inmates’ Right to Receive Medication

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS), on June 9, 2022, issued a technical assistance memorandum regarding changes to health services operation plans related to continuity of mental health medication.…

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A Woman in a Borger, Texas, County Jail Uses a Bedsheet to Commit Suicide-Pt3

On May 24, 2022, 19 hours after she was found hanging from her neck by a bedsheet in Hutchinson County Jail, Miranda Louise Grayson was pronounced dead. It was noted…

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An Inmate Dies 3 Hours After Arrival in the Arlington Texas Municipal Jail-Pt5

At the time of his April 30, 2022, arrest in Arlington, Texas, Bruno Mandujano Ayala was behaving bizarrely. He was arrested for public intoxication and a felony warrant related to…

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Liberty County, Texas Jail Fails State Inspection

The Liberty County jail, in Liberty, Texas, failed an inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The inspection occurred on May 2, 2022. The TCJS inspector determined that…

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A Woman Commits Suicide in Gregg County Jail Texas-Pt2

Ashley Elizabeth Maxwell entered Gregg County Jail in Longview, Texas, on May 24, 2022. The custodial death report (CDR) filed by the Gregg County Sheriff’s Department indicates that Ms. Maxwell…

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A Texas La Joya Municipal Jail Inmate Dies in Less Than 4 Hours of Incarceration-Pt5

Arturo Gomez was taken into custody by the La Joya Police Department on a charge of public intoxication and booked into La Joya City Jail on April 17, 2022. Shortly…

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A Brazos County Jail Inmate Dies in About 9 Hours

Terrance D’Shawn Hammond entered Brazos County Detention Center at 1:14 AM on May 13, 2022. He was pronounced deceased less than 9 hours later after being transferred to CHI Joseph’s…

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Terrance D’Shawn Hammond Dies After Incarceration in Brazos County, Texas Jail

The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office, in Bryan, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Terrance D’Shawn Hammond. Mr. Hammond was 44 years old at the time of his…

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An Inmate in the Plano, Texas City Jail Dies 8 Hours After Arrival-Pt.3

Just hours after being taken into custody and placed in the city jail in Plano, Texas, Quaid Copplio Thomas was pronounced dead. The custodial death report on Mr. Thomas describes…

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A 50-Year-Old Inmate is Found Dead at Ochiltree County Jail in Perryton, Texas-Pt3

Billy Joe Spann entered Ochiltree County Jail in Perryton, Texas, on April 30, 2022. He died there on May 19, 2022, at age 50. The official cause of death is…

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A Woman in a Borger, Texas, County Jail Uses a Bedsheet to Commit Suicide-Pt2

The Hutchinson County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report (CDR) on 35-year-old Miranda Louise Grayson on May 25, 2022. Ms. Grayson committed suicide in Hutchinson County Jail and died…

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A Woman Commits Suicide in Gregg County Jail Texas

The Gregg County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report (CDR) on 43-year-old Ashley Elizabeth Maxwell on June 2, 2022. Ms. Maxwell entered the jail at 4:44 PM on May…

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