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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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Mya Carlton Dies After Self-Harm in Michigan’s Kent County Jail

Mya Carlton was an inmate at Kent County Correctional Facility when she was found unresponsive from an act of self-harm in her cell. Ms. Carlton was taken to a hospital,…

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Third Dallas County Jail Detainee Dies of Water Intoxication – Third Federal Lawsuit Filed

Third Dallas County Jail Detainee Dies of Water Intoxication – Third Federal Lawsuit Filed For Immediate Release Dallas, Texas – June 19, 2025 The Dallas County jail has a long…

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2 Inmates Die Within a Week in South Central Regional Jail in West Virginia

Two inmates at the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia, died within six days of each other in June 2025. During routine checks conducted on June 12, 33-year-old…

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Brooks County Jail Again Violates a Life Safety Rule

Due to noncompliance, Brooks County Jail in Falfurrias, Texas, has recently been added to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website. TCJS inspectors found that Brooks County Jail failed…

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TCJS Cites Washington County Jail for Non-Compliance

Washington County Jail in Brenham, Texas, has been added to the list of non-compliant jails on the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website. A notice of non-compliance was sent…

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Benjamin Emery McGuire Suddenly Dies in Travis County Jail

Benjamin Emery McGuire was booked into the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle, Texas, on April 24, 2025. He suddenly collapsed in his single-occupancy cell on the afternoon of…

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Milam County Jail is Cited for Three Inmate Supervision Violations

Milam County Jail is now listed as non-compliant on the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website. A special jail inspection report was issued on May 28, 2025. The Cameron,…

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TCJS Currently Lists Liberty County Jail 6 Times for Non-Compliance

There were already five notices of non-compliance addressed to Liberty County Jail on the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website when another was recently added. A special jail inspection…

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Press Release: Federal Court Denies Jail Medical Provider’s Request to Dismiss Claims About Death of 24-Year-Old Man

Federal Court Denies Jail Medical Provider’s Request to Dismiss Claims About Death of 24-Year-Old Man For Immediate Release Tyler, Texas – June 3, 2025 D’Vonte Valentine was arrested by the…

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TCJS Cites Lavaca County Jail for a Medication Distribution Violation

Following a special inspection of the Lavaca County Jail, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) issued an inspection report to the Hallettsville facility on May 13, 2025. The next…

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Bailey County Jail is Cited for a Suicide Screening Violation

Bailey County Jail has been cited for one violation of minimum jail standards. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website now lists the Muleshoe, Texas, jail as one of…

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Man Incarcerated in Reeves County Jail Dies of Pneumonia – Federal Lawsuit Filed

For Immediate Release Pecos, Texas – May 29, 2025 Peter Mendoza, Jr. was arrested and taken to the Reeves County jail. He was incarcerated in that jail for several days…

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TCJS Issues Webb County Jail a Notice of Non-Compliance

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website currently lists Webb County Jail as non-compliant with minimum jail standards. A jail inspection report was issued on May 8, 2025, with…

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Texas Jails Receive New Procedures for the Investigation of Complaints

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) sent all sheriffs and jail administrators in the state Technical Assistance Memo #25-01 regarding complaint documentation. The May 7, 2025, memo states that…

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Coryell County Jail is Found Noncompliant for a 7th Year

For the seventh year in a row, the Coryell County Jail has been cited by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) for noncompliance with minimum jail standards. After a…

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Harris County Jail is Found Non-Compliant by TCJS Yet Again

There are currently two Harris County notices of non-compliance on the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) website; there have been at least 14 such notices issued since 2020. The…

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Eric Hubbard Dies of Unknown Causes in Waller County Jail

Fifty-nine-year-old Eric Genell Hubbard was booked into Waller County Jail on February 11, 2025. The intake officer noted that he appeared to be intoxicated by drugs or alcohol and he…

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Inmate John Dent Dies by Suicide in Guadalupe County Jail

John Douglas Dent was booked into the Guadalupe County Jail on March 23, 2024.  He allegedly made suicidal statements at some point during his incarceration, and he exhibited mental health…

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Montague County Jail is Cited for a Suicide Training Violation

Montague County Jail was sent a notice of non-compliance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) on April 23, 2025. This followed the issuance of a jail inspection report…

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