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…
Read More 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,…
Read More 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,…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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.…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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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