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Jeffrey Brake Dies in the Custody of Oklahoma’s Cleveland County Jail

Sixty-one-year-old Jeffrey Brake was arrested by Norman, Oklahoma, police officers on Saturday, June 28, 2025, after he was found crawling on a roadway, seemingly under the influence of drugs. The…

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Crystal Hale Dies After Incarceration in Ector County Jail

Forty-five-year-old Crystal Hale was booked into the Ector County Jail on May 19, 2025. Tragically, Ms. Hale died four days later. The Ector County Sheriff’s Office filed a custodial death…

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Cameron County Jail is Cited for a Repeat Violation

A special jail inspection was conducted at Cameron County Jail in Brownsville, Texas, on May 21, 2025. Two days later, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) sent the jail…

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Runnels County Jail Violates a Rule About Inmate Classification

A jail inspection report was issued to Runnels County Jail after a June 16, 2025, inspection. Then, two days later, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) issued the Ballinger,…

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Juan Lara Dies in Santa Barbara County Jail CA

Fifty-four-year-old Juan Lara was booked into Santa Barbara County Jail on drug-related charges on June 26, 2025. He was examined by medical staff during the intake process. Two days later,…

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An Inspection of Potter County Jail Reveals Chronic Non-Compliance

After a May 20-22, 2025, inspection of Potter County Jail in Amarillo, Texas, inspectors with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) found that the jail had been noncompliant for…

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Brandt Diaz is Badly Beaten by His Lee County Jail Cellmate

Thirty-nine-year-old Brandt Diaz was the victim of a violent attack as he slept in his cell inside Lee County Jail at 3:45 a.m. on June 10, 2025. Charges have since…

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Keith Jrome Taylor Dies in St. Louis County Jail

During routine inmate checks at Minnesota’s St. Louis County Jail, 56-year-old Keith Jrome Taylor was discovered unconscious and unresponsive in his cell at about 9:30 a.m. on June 24, 2025.…

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32-Year-Old Jewelli Carrillo Dies at Pueblo County Jail in CO

Jewelli Carrillo, 32, was an inmate at Pueblo County Jail aka Pueblo County Detention Center when she was discovered unresponsive in her cell on the afternoon of June 24, 2025.…

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Inmate Adam Varnedoe Dies in Chatham County Jail

Adam Lewis Varnedoe was 45 years old and an inmate at Chatham County Jail when he was discovered unresponsive in his cell at 10:45 a.m. on June 25, 2025. Lifesaving…

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59-Year-Old Denise Marshall Dies in Kountze County Jail

Denise Lumpkin Marshall was booked into Hardin County Jail in Kountze, Texas, on March 27, 2025. Tragically, she was pronounced deceased in her cell two months later. She was only…

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Rankin County Jail Inmate Tevin Rogers is the 2nd Inmate Found Dead in 8 Days

Twenty-one-year-old Tevin Rogers was discovered deceased in his cell at Rankin County Jail on June 24, 2025. Jail staff saw no initial signs of trauma on his body. Mr. Rogers…

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Wesley Gautney Dies by Suicide in Georgia’s Bibb County Jail

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Department promptly announced the June 23, 2025, death of inmate Wesley Kyle Gautney, saying that he died by apparent suicide in Bibb County Jail. Mr. Gautney…

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Willie Toa Dies at the San Bernardino County Jail

Officials with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department reported on June 24, 2025, that a death had occurred at the San Bernardino County Central Detention Center jail. Thirty-year-old Willie Toa…

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Juan Salazar-Lopez Dies in Arkansas’ Sebastian County Detention Center

Forty-eight-year-old Juan Manuel Salazar-Lopez died in the custody of the Arkansas’ Sebastian County Detention Center on June 19, 2025. He was booked into the jail on May 5, 2025, on…

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Valen Long Dies after Incarceration in Harris County Jail

Valen Lucas Long was booked into Harris County Jail on April 21, 2025. Tragically, Mr. Long died in the jail’s custody on June 1, 2025. He was only 26 years…

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44-Year-Old Joey Campbell Dies in Kootenai County Jail

Forty-four-year-old Joey Campbell died in Idaho’s Kootenai County Jail on May 30, 2025. Results of an autopsy are awaited to learn Ms. Campbell’s cause of death. An investigation into the…

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Marion County Jail Inmate Jose Soto-Araujo Dies on 6/19/25

Jose Soto-Araujo of Beaverton, Oregon, an inmate at Marion County Jail, was found unresponsive in his cell on June 19, 2025. Deputies at the jail and medical staff immediately administered…

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Camden County Inmate Edward Brooks is Beaten to Death

Edward D. Brooks of Newark, Delaware, was an inmate at New Jersey’s Camden County Correctional Facility when he was repeatedly punched by a fellow inmate at approximately 1:00 p.m. on…

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Rabun County Jail Inmate Jacie Harrison Dies at 22

Jacie Louise Harrison was allegedly uncooperative and in an intoxicated condition as she was arrested on June 5, 2025, and placed in Rabun County Detention Center in Tiger, Georgia. Within…

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