Savion Hall, who was only 30 years of age, recently died after being incarcerated in the Midland County, Texas jail. The Midland County Sheriff’s Department filed a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas regarding Mr. Hall’s death. Information in this post was obtained from that report, and we make no allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone related to Mr. Hall’s death.
Mr. Hall was originally incarcerated on June 21, 2019. Mr. Hall had breathing issues and was receiving a breathing treatment in the jail’s medical unit on July 11, 2019. The jail physician ultimately decided that Mr. Hall needed to go to the hospital via EMS due to his oxygen level. After Mr. Hall was at the hospital, he stopped breathing. He was then resuscitated by hospital staff. On July 19, 2019, Mr. Hall passed away at a different hospital to which he had been transferred.
The report provides very little information about Mr. Hall, medical treatment he received or did not receive prior to July 11, 2019, or the extent to which the jail or jailers were aware of Mr. Hall’s medical conditions. Generally, and without regard to Mr. Hall’s situation, pretrial detainees in Texas County jails are entitled to reasonable medical care. This entitlement comes from the United States Constitution. If a person dies in a Texas County jail as a result of deliberate indifference and/or objective unreasonableness regarding his or her medical needs, then jailers may be liable to surviving family members.
