Facilities · Jail

Harris County Detention Center

Houston, Harris County, Texas · capacity 4,253

Also reported as Harris County Jail; Harris County jail; Joint Processing Center; detention medical infirmary.

569 deaths are recorded here, from 1983 to 2026; 568 by name.

undetermined 527
illness 21
suicide 6
staff force 6
other person 5
overdose 4

Lawsuits over deaths here have brought at least $1.3 million in settlements and awards, for 1 person.

The people

Quang Truong September 24, 2026
Monica Lee Love May 30, 2026
Claude McKoy May 21, 2026
Tanner Goldade April 19, 2026
Anthony Delarosa January 24, 2026
Lenton Gallow Jr. January 14, 2026
Christopher Mendez December 17, 2025
Kerry Parks November 19, 2025
Tony Davis November 19, 2025
Gregory Bennett November 13, 2025
Pebbles Girardi October 3, 2025
Harold Alexander Jr. July 10, 2025
Alexis Cardenas July 8, 2025
Ronald Pate June 23, 2025
Alexander Winstel June 22, 2025
Phillip Brummett June 22, 2025
Valen Long June 1, 2025
Jose Jorge Cisneros May 27, 2025
Devin Williams February 27, 2025
Eric Jackson February 24, 2025
Kristopher McGregor January 30, 2025
Denaly Matute January 19, 2025
Anthony Charles Thomas December 28, 2024
Cerdarian Patrick Oneal-Thompson December 9, 2024
Byron A. Burton December 4, 2024
Mark Anthony Mills August 22, 2024
Hugo Mota August 12, 2024
Dianna Williams July 17, 2024
John Hackl June 18, 2024
Roger Terry May 16, 2024
Joseph Trahan April 17, 2024
Harold Layie Shell April 9, 2024
Adam Blake Simmons February 21, 2024
Cristhian Medina-Banguera November 16, 2023
Christian Rayo November 16, 2023
Rachelle Mitchell November 15, 2023
Robert Shelton November 13, 2023
Shederick Yves Morrison November 1, 2023
Dominga Barrera Trevino October 23, 2023
Kim Novell Victor October 8, 2023
Alfred Rios September 16, 2023
Raymond Dean Cooper September 7, 2023
David Garner August 9, 2023
Oscar Villazana July 16, 2023
Ramon Thomas July 1, 2023
Ray Rattler June 21, 2023
Eric Cano June 16, 2023
Robert Terry May 16, 2023
Fabian Cortez March 21, 2023
Kevin Smith January 31, 2023
Evan Lee January 18, 2023
Rajdeep Singh Bains January 11, 2023
Gary Smith January 10, 2023
Jacoby Pillow January 3, 2023
Lawrence Gutierrez 2023
Michael Griego November 22, 2022
William Curtis Barrett November 20, 2022
John Maxey November 20, 2022
Damien Lavon Johnson November 15, 2022
Robert Horn October 26, 2022
Alan Kerber October 12, 2022
Victoria Simon October 2, 2022
Bryan Johnson October 1, 2022
Willie Andrew Fizer August 30, 2022
James Earl Gamble August 25, 2022
Nathan Bernard Henderson July 31, 2022
Jim Franklin Lagrone July 31, 2022
Kenneth Ray Harris June 20, 2022
Loron Ernest Fisher June 15, 2022
Kristan Smith May 28, 2022
Robert Wayne Fore May 24, 2022
Benjamin Pierce May 21, 2022
Gilbert Allen Nelson May 11, 2022
Kristan May 2022
Matthew Shelton March 27, 2022
Damian Lopez March 25, 2022
Evan Lee March 22, 2022
Shane Gus Mitchell March 13, 2022
Kevin Alexander Sanchez-Trejo February 12, 2022
Simon Peter Douglas February 10, 2022
Anne Elizabeth Murphy December 1, 2021
Hasseneen Nabeel Alawadi November 25, 2021
Alan Anthony Ruth November 22, 2021
Fred Harris October 31, 2021
Sean Jack Sutton October 12, 2021
Billy Wayne Dunn September 28, 2021
Antelmo Lara September 2, 2021
Lisandro Zepeda September 1, 2021
Gregory Bernard Barrett August 28, 2021
Deon Lewis Peterson August 10, 2021
Bobbie Jo Thompson July 20, 2021
Pete Perez July 17, 2021
Jeremy Alan Renkel May 30, 2021
Rory Gene Ward May 12, 2021
Bobby McGowen April 9, 2021
Alejandro Tillman March 25, 2021
Vandy G. Smith March 2, 2021
Jaquaree Simmons February 17, 2021
Israel Lizano Iglesias February 9, 2021
Justin Michael Henderson February 4, 2021
Jaquaree Biggles February 2021
Stephen Windsor January 1, 2021
Moses Almazan 2021
Pedro Miguel Collado October 18, 2020
Buddy Gene Martin October 5, 2020
Thomas Diventi September 21, 2020
Ronald Schultz September 18, 2020
David Perez September 15, 2020
Bryant Adell Davis September 4, 2020
Preston Chaney August 7, 2020
Paul Joshua Jacobs May 30, 2020
Keith Darien Thomas May 28, 2020
Johnny Mack White May 13, 2020
Arnold Cordess Hall May 6, 2020
Jerome Nebuwa May 6, 2020
Wallace Harris May 6, 2020
Edward Thomas Lewis March 8, 2020
James Earl Reed January 7, 2020
Carlos Alberto Romero October 4, 2019
Cheryal Denay Cooper October 2, 2019
Richard Brian Edgerton September 6, 2019
Kelvin Williams August 2019
Donald Ray Robinson July 29, 2019
Ronald Douglas Washington June 11, 2019
Charles Percy Hudson March 8, 2019
Roger Tyrone Dansby February 9, 2019
Thomas Jerome Bench February 8, 2019
Tracy Whited January 16, 2019
Floyd Spencer Rachelle November 15, 2018
Dequan Tarcel Byrd November 3, 2018
Jay Dexter Elia October 29, 2018
Joe William Brown October 25, 2018
Derek Duane Overby October 2, 2018
Debora Ann Lyons August 15, 2018
Eldon Lee Jackson July 25, 2018
Michael Ray Meguire June 30, 2018
Jesse Navarro March 2, 2018
Oscar Noe Quezada February 16, 2018
Wilbert Lee Williams January 18, 2018
Walter Klein 2018
Otto Dale Guillory December 10, 2017
Maytham Alsaedy December 1, 2017
Kenneth Lee Richards September 27, 2017
Freddie James Gayden June 28, 2017
Adrian Cornell Narcisse April 25, 2017
Rodney Butler March 27, 2017
Sergio Garza March 15, 2017
Vincent Young February 13, 2017
Fredia Martin February 10, 2017
Steven Sharp January 7, 2017
Robert Mathews Carmon December 21, 2016
Alpha Eze October 28, 2016
Ricky Lynn Hall October 19, 2016
Kevin Jerome David September 26, 2016
Donald Ray Mathes July 22, 2016
Maurice Hawkins July 6, 2016
Clarence Roy Laday June 28, 2016
Christopher Hendricks June 27, 2016
Lakeshia Dibbles May 25, 2016
Donovan Phillips May 15, 2016
Lorenzo Antonio Warren May 12, 2016
Patrick Joseph Brown April 5, 2016
Harvey Earl Elliott April 2, 2016
Rodrin Hinton March 24, 2016
Derrick Labrock Smith March 18, 2016
Taiwo Morufu Pitan October 1, 2015
Mario Vega Cantu September 29, 2015
Lafayette Eugene Harris September 17, 2015
Danny Lee Neelys September 16, 2015
Janie Goodwill July 19, 2015
Charles Forest July 6, 2015
Jose Fierros June 21, 2015
Gary Lynn Frazier June 20, 2015
Ellis Brooks June 16, 2015
Robert Brooks June 12, 2015
Robert Bushnell June 12, 2015
Patrick David Green March 24, 2015
Edd Phillips March 13, 2015
Antonio Williams February 19, 2015
Andres Rodriguez-Sandoval February 1, 2015
Pedro Ortega Hernandez January 30, 2015
Burt Steven Scott November 5, 2014
Andre Bonier October 14, 2014
Corey Anthony Hilton October 12, 2014
Carlos Ondre Phillips October 9, 2014
John Earl Celestine October 5, 2014
Jesse John Trevino August 5, 2014
Leroy Fielder July 7, 2014
Albert (Jerry) Noe (Muncio) Hernandez June 30, 2014
Teddrick Darnell Wiggins June 7, 2014
James Earl Bishop April 20, 2014
Ethen Drake April 7, 2014
Johnny Anthony Flores March 30, 2014
Kenneth Christopher Lucas February 17, 2014
Danarian Demil Hawkins February 5, 2014
Derek Lenard Franklin November 30, 2013
Michael Keith Garber November 25, 2013
Frank Paul Gomez November 12, 2013
Jerry George Garza October 4, 2013
Eusebio Duenas Robles June 3, 2013
James Marvan Smith May 20, 2013
Tony Carnell Clemons May 17, 2013
Ronald Lucero April 29, 2013
Edward Jerome Reed April 12, 2013
Benson Lewis Davis March 23, 2013
Alex Guzman March 13, 2013
Christopher Barthlomoew Reedy February 28, 2013
Emilio Alexander Castaneda-Ayala January 1, 2013
Juan Rogelio Rodriguez December 8, 2012
Patrick Kelly Wetzel November 26, 2012
Terry Key Irvin November 12, 2012
Johnnie Ray Young October 16, 2012
Ky Van Le August 30, 2012
Mario Madrigal June 26, 2012
John Michael Ficarro March 25, 2012
Mark Anthony Giles March 24, 2012
Steven Daniel Lambert February 25, 2012
Latoshia Suzette Clark November 5, 2011
Howard Graham January 28, 2011
Norman Ford Hicks January 22, 2011
Terry Glen Williams December 30, 2010
Joseph Darrel Richmond December 26, 2010
Dennis Louis Ferrell December 22, 2010
Diego Castellanos November 29, 2010
Sergio Dante October 19, 2010
Lawrence J. Semien October 18, 2010
Sandra Gene Oliver October 17, 2010
Robert Edward Brown September 23, 2010
George Randel Theobald August 12, 2010
Herman Young May 25, 2010
Wilbert Lee Cunningham February 22, 2010
Corry Murray February 4, 2010
Alden Jacque Johnson December 5, 2009
Miguel Martinez December 1, 2009
Reginald Nollie November 28, 2009
Mamie Laverne Staton November 25, 2009
Robert E. Garza September 24, 2009
Kenneth Lionel Beckett September 24, 2009
Aswald Aclise August 31, 2009
Daniel Alfonso Aguirre August 18, 2009
Kevione D. Goosby August 10, 2009
Fernando Arellano June 23, 2009
Theresa Nicole Anthony June 20, 2009
Tuong Nguyen June 4, 2009
Casey Lee King May 7, 2009
Flora Cornejo Puebla March 5, 2009
Richard Wheeler February 20, 2009
Ruben Garcia January 24, 2009
Issac Blanton October 8, 2008
Melvin Brewster September 23, 2008
David Garza September 22, 2008
Robert Betzer August 19, 2008
Raymond Franklin August 13, 2008
Franklin Michael Weatherly August 4, 2008
Winston Ray Donley July 30, 2008
Tyrone Landhart July 16, 2008
John Harvey Stewart July 12, 2008
Stephen Joseph Fraind May 18, 2008
Felipe Garcia April 27, 2008
Clarence McGinnis April 22, 2008
Larry Taylor April 15, 2008
Julius Cortez Walker April 12, 2008
William Hamit Abadin April 6, 2008
Roger Harold Dobbs March 19, 2008
Margarita Saavedra January 12, 2008
Clarence Crawford Freeman January 10, 2008
James Edward Guy January 4, 2008
Sam Williams December 23, 2007
Larry Dean Carson August 25, 2007
Kathy Reeves August 10, 2007
Christopher Singeal April 8, 2007
Rogelio Camacho April 5, 2007
Michael Anthony Funka March 31, 2007
Manual Frank Ramirez March 27, 2007
Mary Madeline Scott March 10, 2007
Jose Cepeda March 6, 2007
Armando Leover Garcia February 24, 2007
Jeff Mark Watts February 22, 2007
Charles Edward Belgard February 17, 2007
Kim Jeanette Humpries January 23, 2007
Herman Lloyd January 17, 2007
Renee Sperry January 16, 2007
Donald Ray McCardell January 5, 2007
Thomas Daniel Thomusela December 15, 2006
Floyd Ray Jones December 13, 2006
Jerry Lewis Ford December 5, 2006
Arthur Lynn Barr December 5, 2006
Alfred Underwood December 5, 2006
Glen Clark November 2, 2006
Curtis Joe Watts October 8, 2006
James Lyles September 15, 2006
Steven Dwayne Rich August 13, 2006
Bennie Baldwin August 8, 2006
Marshall Edward Parker July 28, 2006
James Lee Baker July 17, 2006
James G. Landa July 6, 2006
Rossie Bonilla June 28, 2006
Byron Daniel Rogers June 22, 2006
Darel Len McKay May 28, 2006
Robert Joseph Howard May 17, 2006
Craig Anthony Allen March 26, 2006
Ronald Leon Williams March 15, 2006
Thomas Johnson February 25, 2006
Leamon Caldwell February 2, 2006
Daryl Dwayne Kelley January 13, 2006
Andre Demetrius Ball November 27, 2005
Travis Laron McKinney November 22, 2005
Larry Ray Cure October 14, 2005
Alvin Wright October 9, 2005
Calvin Ray Mack June 5, 2005
Cecil William Jasper April 25, 2005
Ralph Joseph Montez March 18, 2005
Ronnie Lee Howard January 29, 2005
Lynn Francess Champs December 17, 2004
Craig Dion Martin November 24, 2004
Dedric J. Gray September 16, 2004
Sandy Booker September 5, 2004
David B. Scott May 20, 2004
Gary M. Malloy April 8, 2004
Martin Borrego March 25, 2004
Cheryl K. Gee March 22, 2004
Mattie Sanders January 12, 2004
West Dixon January 11, 2004
Norris J. White January 9, 2004
Jerry Durdin December 30, 2003
Daniel Zapata December 28, 2003
Joy Carlile October 24, 2003
John Chapencis October 12, 2003
Dwane S. Martin October 7, 2003
Jerry Willis October 4, 2003
Henry L. Shelton September 5, 2003
Terry Scott August 13, 2003
Joe B. Vara July 3, 2003
Lanny Edwards June 13, 2003
Joseph W. Beniretto April 13, 2003
Eddie Michael Kemp April 1, 2003
Darryl C. Sampay March 26, 2003
Gregory A. Curry March 25, 2003
Kevin J. Shanks January 9, 2003
Matthew G. Testa December 26, 2002
David B. Hatfield December 7, 2002
Paula Renee Gotch November 18, 2002
Miguel H. Franco November 17, 2002
Andrew D. Cox July 21, 2002
Robert L. Johnson July 8, 2002
Roland Oliva July 3, 2002
Robert A. Wroten May 31, 2002
Rico Catalina May 6, 2002
Rogelio Gonzales April 25, 2002
Eddie Charles Barnes April 11, 2002
Larry Gooden February 19, 2002
Judita Reichele February 19, 2002
Raymond Reese February 12, 2002
Luis Franco February 8, 2002
Allynne Eugene Lenis February 5, 2002
Josefina Martinez November 19, 2001
Randy A. Phillips November 14, 2001
Beatrice Garcia October 6, 2001
Tracia C. Jackson August 1, 2001
Timothy Webb June 23, 2001
David L. Whitlock June 20, 2001
Charles Idowu May 31, 2001
Michael L. Fobbs April 15, 2001
Marion G. Ford February 20, 2001
Ronald L. Baxter February 1, 2001
James Monroe January 26, 2001
Calvin Joe Turner November 22, 2000
Luis Gonzales November 21, 2000
Gwendolyn Curry October 13, 2000
Todd L. Olidge September 13, 2000
Catarino Gutierrez September 7, 2000
Scott A. Mitchell August 26, 2000
Richard Williams June 24, 2000
Ira Finlay April 25, 2000
Charles L. Bush April 16, 2000
Daniel G. Lopez March 22, 2000
John R. McNair March 9, 2000
Michael Gatlin February 8, 2000
James E. Richards January 1, 2000
Theodore R. King December 16, 1999
Andre Love December 3, 1999
Sadie B. Wiley November 30, 1999
Autrey M. Rayford October 23, 1999
Jason K. Dunlap October 17, 1999
Glenn D. Washington October 12, 1999
Jorge M. Martinez August 19, 1999
Allan W. Slezinsky July 24, 1999
Vernon L. Walton July 13, 1999
Roscoe Johnson May 31, 1999
Tommy L. Cosey May 20, 1999
Donald G. Shockley February 11, 1999
David Y. Kemper November 28, 1998
Patricia Castle November 12, 1998
Sterling Barrilleaux August 15, 1998
Terrice M. Brown June 13, 1998
Stuart Johnson February 13, 1998
Roger Angelton February 7, 1998
Jesse L. Jones January 9, 1998
Vincent A. Ross December 1, 1997
Darryl W. Andrews October 18, 1997
Kenneth Washington September 9, 1997
Belinda Anene August 18, 1997
Davila Crespin August 8, 1997
Marion C. McAdoo June 14, 1997
Jeffery A. Morrison May 27, 1997
Leonard B. Grandberry April 7, 1997
Napoleon Collins March 25, 1997
Marcos Frazo March 20, 1997
Earl T. Rhymes March 3, 1997
Michael J. Steptoe December 13, 1996
Lawrence Kelly October 26, 1996
Lathan Ford September 18, 1996
Johnny Rangel Rodriguez September 11, 1996
James Fowler September 7, 1996
Patrick B. Hammond August 9, 1996
Mark D. Williams July 29, 1996
Wayne D. Rhiner June 22, 1996
Paul Denson May 19, 1996
Michael Jackson May 11, 1996
Williams Hilton March 19, 1996
Lionell T. Living January 22, 1996
Kenneth R. Duvall October 29, 1995
Terry Wayne Allen October 18, 1995
Johnny Lopez October 8, 1995
Arthur Luna August 26, 1995
Sandra D. Zahn July 15, 1995
Archie Lee Parker July 3, 1995
Beverly A. Porter June 8, 1995
Sergio Ruben May 23, 1995
Antonio F. Garcia May 1, 1995
Robert H. Kenny March 28, 1995
Bobby L. Barnes March 20, 1995
Ruth Lee January 21, 1995
Victor D. Augustine January 19, 1995
Linda Thomas December 25, 1994
Willie M. Swanson December 7, 1994
Harry Doner November 12, 1994
Roy Ford November 7, 1994
Betty Dalton October 29, 1994
Zeresta L. Dirden October 29, 1994
Charles T. Haughn October 28, 1994
Lecester E. Wiaters October 19, 1994
Willie Jones October 19, 1994
Oscar Williams Jr. September 26, 1994
Steven C. Murray September 16, 1994
Steven D. Hedrick September 6, 1994
Kenneth E. Brown September 2, 1994
Shannell Dipinto June 9, 1994
Edmund S. McGees May 28, 1994
Winston D. Ennett May 19, 1994
Carlton Smith May 15, 1994
Willie Elbert Brown May 8, 1994
Charles R. McKinney April 21, 1994
Anthony K. Telford March 21, 1994
Christopher Calhoun February 23, 1994
Richard C. Kincaid January 26, 1994
Albert Brown January 10, 1994
Terrence Hobbs December 20, 1993
David M. Trevino November 20, 1993
Shawn L. Phinney November 19, 1993
Carl Biggers November 12, 1993
Michael E. Tarver September 3, 1993
Gilbert R. Juarez August 6, 1993
Richard Flores May 5, 1993
Johnnie L. Williams April 30, 1993
Mike Sorrells April 25, 1993
Joe Salinas March 15, 1993
Rafael S. Estrella February 28, 1993
Jorge Galvis-Dominguez February 14, 1993
Kenneth A. Banks January 15, 1993
Frank Eddings January 2, 1993
Terry McClain December 18, 1992
Robert Donahue December 10, 1992
Kolette Farmer December 10, 1992
Billy J. Waters November 30, 1992
John Lockhart October 26, 1992
Sharon Garrison October 20, 1992
Ernie Hamil October 9, 1992
Donald Stephen Murphy September 8, 1992
Allen Ray Brown August 25, 1992
Juan Garcia August 2, 1992
Darrell Black July 19, 1992
Clyde E. Akins July 6, 1992
John A. Salazar July 5, 1992
James Darby July 3, 1992
Clarence Bush June 23, 1992
George Sampson June 16, 1992
Reginald Randall June 9, 1992
Jerry L. Alexander June 8, 1992
James Johnson May 18, 1992
Tadeo Cisneros March 21, 1992
Tammy Turner March 17, 1992
Leah Faries March 10, 1992
Tommy Stewart February 23, 1992
David L. Jones February 10, 1992
Estelle Blunt February 3, 1992
Damon Bell February 2, 1992
Joel Gonzalez February 2, 1992
Robert E. Naranjo December 21, 1991
Billy G. Rock November 16, 1991
Carson D. Sheffield November 15, 1991
Jose R. Juarez October 26, 1991
Darlene Spencer October 6, 1991
Sidney I. Champion August 30, 1991
Dorthy L. Gafford July 15, 1991
June M. Holland July 2, 1991
Connie C. Eason June 12, 1991
Jiles Barrs March 25, 1991
Lloyd Thorndyke March 2, 1991
Victor J. Harris February 25, 1991
Robert C. McGinnes January 30, 1991
Esteban L. Gonzales January 15, 1991
Juan G. Hernandez November 25, 1990
Vernon L. Nutt November 23, 1990
Jose Toledo-Morales October 16, 1990
James E. Hamilton October 10, 1990
Anthony E. Koontz September 18, 1990
Kirk Bricker July 31, 1990
Cheryl Hanks March 24, 1990
Donald Jackson March 5, 1990
Maria R. Duran January 20, 1990
Reginald L. Benton January 10, 1990
Ernest Sloan December 31, 1989
Walter E. Clark December 12, 1989
James S. Evans November 6, 1989
Craig Wells September 24, 1989
Rene A. Fuentes September 7, 1989
Rich Labreck September 7, 1989
Charles H. Deadrick September 1, 1989
Misty L. McLane August 3, 1989
Regina M. Thomas July 26, 1989
Mark S. Perez July 13, 1989
Joseph Davila May 27, 1989
Benjamin F. Tolley May 26, 1989
Charles R. Long May 4, 1989
Charles Dancy March 20, 1989
Cheri A. Purtell March 19, 1989
James A. Johnson September 25, 1988
Atenogenes U. Ponse August 27, 1988
Jack Aka Horace Jones Aka Chandler May 28, 1988
Mario M. Gamez April 17, 1988
John R. McConnell April 4, 1988
Brian R. Eade February 25, 1988
Larry J. Everett February 3, 1988
Charles E. Pinkney January 18, 1988
Vernon Thomas December 19, 1987
Anthony W. Wilkerson July 29, 1987
Diego N. Valenzuela July 18, 1987
James W. Stubbs July 9, 1987
Fredrick E. Bouchard September 25, 1986
Joaquin C. Tovar August 31, 1986
Chester L. Hoggard June 2, 1986
Waltine A. Proctor May 3, 1986
Charles M. Vinson February 15, 1986
Michel L. Long December 18, 1985
Christine Fonsworth July 28, 1985
Betty F. Minor June 5, 1985
Gary L. Gillespie March 20, 1985
Lester Beckworth March 7, 1985
William L. Horton February 4, 1985
Kenneth A. Korycki February 2, 1985
David M. Wilson July 31, 1984
Kim S. Sonly April 8, 1984
Lavell Graves December 30, 1983
Cynthia R. Ivey November 22, 1983
Daniel Trevino October 3, 1983
Norman C. Kenney September 3, 1983
Walpha E. Scott Date not reported
Name not reported Date not reported

History and conditions

Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.