Woman Dies in Cameron County Jail – Texas Rangers Investigate

The Cameron County Sheriff’s Department, in Olmito, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Jacqueline Barosio. Miss Barosio was only 25 years old at the time of her death. We provide information we learned from that report, and we do not have sufficient information to make any allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone.

The summary portion of the report reads in its entirety:  “The female subject was found unconscious on a single cell. Inmate did not display any markings or bruising on her body. Autopsy and toxicology reports are pending. The Texas Department of Public Safety Ranger Division is leading the investigation.”

The report also indicates that autopsy and toxicology reports are pending. The report further indicates that Ms. Barosio caused her own death. Thus, the report seems to indicate that she died by suicide. However, the narrative provides no information regarding any alleged suicide.

The United States Constitution requires Texas jails to protect detainees such as Ms. Barosio. If a Texas County has policies, practices, and or customs which lead to a person’s death, then certain family members may be able to file a federal constitutional rights lawsuit as a result of the death.  Out jail neglent law firm is handling a number of jail death 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.