Willie Florence Love, Jr. Dies After Incarceration in Dallas County, Texas Jail

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, in Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Willie Florence Love, Jr. Mr. Love was 53 years old at the time of his death. We provide information we obtained from that report, and we do not allege any wrongdoing against anyone related to Mr. Love’s death.

The summary portion of the report reads in its entirety:

“Offender Love was under the care of medical staff at the unit due to his medical conditions. On February 22nd, 2023, Offender Love stopped breathing and was transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital where medical staff pronounced him deceased.”

Therefore, the report provides no information at all regarding Mr. Love’s purported ongoing medical issues, the treatment he was receiving, whether he had been hospitalized previously, or any other relevant information. Mr. Love should have received reasonable medical care at the Dallas County jail, because the Constitution requires it. The 14^th Amendment to the United States Constitution requires that pre-trial detainees receive reasonable medical care and mental health care. These guarantees arise from the duty of a local county jail to protect people in its care. If jailers, medical personnel, or others interacting with a person in custody fail to provide appropriate care, and the person dies as a result, then certain family members may be able to file a federal civil rights lawsuit. Our jail neglect law firm is prosecuting a number of such cases throughout Texas.

Written By: Dean Malone

Dean Malone

Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.