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Two years later, Walker, 33, has filed a lawsuit against Travis County, the city of Austin, individual jail employees, Austin Police Department officers and Travis County sheriff’s deputies.
It began as a civil action, a handwritten petition filed against the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) in 1972 by inmate David Resendez Ruíz alleging that the conditions of his incarceration, such as overcrowding, lack of access to health care, and abusive security practices, were a violation of his constitutional rights. [1]
The lawsuit also mentions a call from U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey for the federal government to investigate the “distressing pattern of inmate deaths and jail incidents” at the Tarrant County jail.
Mitchell and Galle filed a civil lawsuit against Winkler County, WCMH, Wiley, Roberts, Tidwell and Arafiles. The lawsuit alleged violations of civil rights, breaches of due process and improper termination. [1] A few months after Mitchell's trial, Galle and Mitchell split a $750,000 settlement in the civil suit. [1]
With a record number of deaths in jails and tens of millions in lawsuit payouts, advocates are calling for oversight of the Riverside County sheriff.
After Johnson left the prison, he filed a lawsuit against the prison authorities. In September 2004 a federal appeals court allowed Johnson's civil rights lawsuit to go to trial. [ 8 ] On October 18, 2005, a federal jury rejected all of Johnson's claims, finding that he produced no evidence of rape and had lied in his testimony.
In June 2010, 31% of Texas county jails housed inmates elsewhere. In June 2024, 41% counties did so, according to data kept by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
The jail in Brazos County, Texas, which has around 650 inmates, has had only one completed suicide in the past 10 years, according to Kit Wright, a sergeant and nurse at the county sheriff's office. The county makes an effort to keep people with mental health issues out of jail: Last year, crisis intervention officers diverted 214 people to ...