Neglect of people in jail can kill
May 14th, 2014 | Category: Conditions in County JailsEarlier this year, when Courtney Ruth Elmore died in the Brown County Jail, was staff properly trained to watch for respiratory failure?
The following is a list of more people who have died in Texas county jails in 2014, but we only have names and dates so far; if you know any of them or have information about them, please email us at info@texasjailproject.org . More have died since this list was compiled.(Our list is only of deaths within county jails, not police custody.)
| Bell County | Steven David Evans |
| Bexar County | Nathaniel Gamez |
| Bexar County | Pedro Israel Martinez |
| Dallas County | Samuel Bell |
| Dallas County | Alisha Skeats |
| Dimmitt County | Roque Carrizales |
| Ellis County | Cindy Strickland Davis |
| Fannin County | Bill Clyde Stills |
| Gregg County | Randy Ray Vinson |
| Harris County | James Earl Bishop |
| Harris County | Ethen Drake |
| Harris County | Andre Demetrius Ball |
| Harris County | Larry Ray Cure |
| Harris County | Ronnie Lee Howard |
| Harris County | Cecil William Jasper |
| Harris County | Calvin Ray Mack |
| Harris County | Travis Laron Mckinney |
| Harris County | Ralph Joseph Montez |
| Harris County | Alvin Wright |
| Harris County | Craig Anthony Allen |
| Harris County | Leamon Caldwell |
| Harris County | Robert Joseph Howard |
| Harris County | Thomas Johnson |
| Harris County | Daryl Dwayne Kelley |
| Harris County | Darel Len Mckay |
| Harris County | Ronald Leon Williams |
| Harris County | Kenneth Christopher Lucas |
| Kaufman County | Anissa Michelle Barmhill |
| Midland County | Norman Lee Mizell |
| Smith County | John Bailey Hays |
| Travis County | Bruce Allen Thompson |
| Van Zandt County | Michael Louis Peden |
Please read and pass on this important report: A Portrait of Suicide in Texas Jails: Who Is At Risk and How Do We Stop It?
