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Many people believe Sandra Bland did not take her own life. But the circumstances of her death fit a recognizable pattern. In a significant number of the cases we found, people killed themselves within just a few days, even when they had been arrested on minor charges that were extremely unlikely to result in prison time.
The sad story of Robert Miller’s death in 2019 incorporates elements of nearly every problem implicated in the management of the Tarrant County Jail. How he was pepper-sprayed while handcuffed ...
A grieving father says he wants to know what led to the death of his 22-year-old son on the day he was supposed to be released from an Alabama correctional facility. ... the department told CNN in ...
If you have information about a death in jail Send us a tip if you have more information about someone in our database or another death in custody between July 13, 2015 and July 13, 2016. The scope of our project covers jails — short-term facilities in which many inmates have not been convicted — not prisons.
A death in custody is a death of a person in the custody of the police or other authorities or while in prison. In the 21st century, death in custody remains a controversial subject, with the authorities often being accused of abuse, neglect and cover-ups of the causes of these deaths. [1] [2]
Maxwell was sentenced to death by a 10–2 vote from the jury, while Ferguson was sentenced to death by the judge despite the jury's 11-1 majority vote for life imprisonment. Two of the other co-accused were sentenced to life in prison while the final member was jailed for 15 years for robbery after he testified against the others.
In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for failing to properly observe inmates. Jail or Agency: Bell County Jails; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 5/23/2016; Age at death: 45; Sources: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, www.tdtnews ...