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Harris County Jail is Cited for Non-Compliance

Harris County Jail’s annual inspection took place from June 23-27, 2025. Inspectors with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) found the jail non-compliant with four minimum jail standards. Harris…

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Saniyah Cheatham Dies After Only Hours in a NYPD Jail Cell in the Bronx

Saniyah Cheatham, 18, was arrested on July 4, 2025, and placed in a jail cell in the New York Police Department’s (NYPD’s) 41st Precinct in the Bronx. The NYPD informed…

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Callen Lines Dies After Incarceration in a San Diego County Jail

Callen Lines, 31, was arrested and booked into Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility on May 11, 2025, according to a news source. The next night, at 7:25, Ms. Lines…

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A 40-Year-Old Woman Dies in Brookline Police Custody MA

In Massachusetts news, on July 5, 2025, a 40-year-old woman whose name has not been released was in the Brookline Police Department’s custody when she was found unresponsive but breathing.…

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Charles Adair Dies Within 24 hours in a Kansas Jail

Charles L. Adair, 50, was arrested on July 4, 2025, for failing to appear on multiple traffic violations. He was then booked into Wyandotte County Adult Detention Center in Kansas…

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William Deboer, 43, Dies in Jefferson County Jail, CO

Forty-three-year-old William Edward Deboer was arrested and booked into Golden, Colorado’s Jefferson County Jail on June 30, 2025. At approximately 2 p.m. on July 3, 2025, a detention deputy discovered…

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Sommervell County Jail is Cited for Non-Compliance

As a result of findings in a special jail inspection on June 20, 2025, the Sommervell County Jail has been cited for non-compliance. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS)…

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Inmate Ginez Stephanie Joanna Dies in Bexar County Jail

Ginez Stephanie Joanna, 36, was booked into the Bexar County Jail on June 22, 2025, on a drug offense. Tragically, Ms. Joanna died in the jail approximately 78 hours later.…

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DeAngelo Dewayne Brown is Found Dead in Alabama’s Birmingham City Jail

Forty-year-old DeAngelo Dewayne Brown was booked into Alabama’s Birmingham City Jail on Sunday, June 29, 2025. He was discovered unresponsive in his single-occupancy cell at 11:14 p.m. on Wednesday, July…

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Vincent Chacon is Allegedly Killed by a Cellmate in Denver City Jail Colorado

Vincent Chacon was an inmate in Denver City Jail, and, according to his mother, Angela Hernandez, he was soon to be released. But instead of being released, a new cellmate…

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Baris Hargrow is the 2nd Dallas County Jail Inmate to Die Within 2 Weeks

Sixty-five-year-old Baris Joe Hargrow was booked into the Dallas County Jail on March 28, 2024. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office filed a custodial death report (CDR) about Mr. Hargrow on…

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Dallas County Jail Inmate Terry Shaw Dies on Day 5

Sixty-six-year-old Terry Darren Shaw was booked into Dallas County Jail on June 4, 2025. A custodial death report (CDR) was filed by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office on July 1,…

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Clay County Jail is Cited for Allegedly Mishandling Prescription Medication

Clay County Jail in Henrietta, Texas, has been added to the list of non-compliant jails on the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website. While conducting a special jail inspection…

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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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