Facilities · Jail
Smith County Jail
Tyler, Smith County, Texas · capacity 276
Also reported as Tyler jail.
55 deaths are recorded here, from 1912 to 2025; all by name.
- undetermined 50
- illness 2
- suicide 1
- lynching 1
- staff force 1
Lawsuits over deaths here have brought at least $500,000 in settlements and awards, for 1 person.
The people
- Jason Evan Barr November 12, 2024
- Albert Lee Moore August 12, 2024
- Tonya Ann Williams April 7, 2024
- Susan Ann Taylor December 27, 2023
- Charlie Humphries March 23, 2023
- Nathan Lee Johns February 9, 2023
- Joshua Cody Fouse December 7, 2022
- Dvonte Marquese Valentine December 4, 2022
- Robert Ernst Price March 20, 2022
- Torry Lamont Newman February 18, 2022
- Mark Anthony Hood February 9, 2022
- Michael Dewayne Blalock January 20, 2022
- Kevin Wayne Freeman December 11, 2021
- George Sparks June 29, 2021
- John Paul Baker September 18, 2020
- Tommy Gene Lindsey June 20, 2020
- Raul Rodriguez May 16, 2020
- Randall Lamont Britton November 24, 2018
- Kenneth Alan Carner April 29, 2018
- Thomas Darren Bush March 3, 2018
- Roemello Timothy Lewis December 14, 2017
- Quincy Butler November 21, 2017
- Carlos Jose Hernandez June 12, 2017
- Teddy Wayne Parker May 16, 2017
- Travis N. Granville December 28, 2015
- Robert Reed Rowan November 3, 2014
- John Bailey Hays February 26, 2014
- Kerry Deon Winston October 18, 2013
- Jill Denise Manor September 26, 2013
- Sonya Elaine Armstron January 14, 2012
- Isachar Moncada Guerrero January 14, 2012
- Duantes Harrison August 25, 2010
- Christopher Lee McCuin December 7, 2008
- John Marc Carpenter January 6, 2008
- Maurice Timmons Sapp June 11, 2007
- Jerome Demon Lacy May 3, 2007
- Joel Anson Shuler September 22, 2006
- Carl Nolan Bussey January 1, 2006
- Billy Butcher May 12, 2005
- Jeffery H. Ackerman January 21, 2004
- James E. Salter October 17, 2002
- Cary D. Hudson July 4, 2002
- Sandra Hartsfield December 8, 2001
- Charles R. Williams August 12, 1998
- Raymond R. Williams October 19, 1997
- Demetrius C. Caddell January 21, 1992
- Michael D. Rose December 13, 1991
- Wilford Guillory April 21, 1990
- Jorge Siftsoff September 28, 1988
- Darrell R. McKinney November 28, 1986
- Ruben E. Gutierrez February 1, 1986
- Bungie Etsinger January 19, 1986
- Marvin Wesley September 16, 1984
- Dan Davis May 25, 1912
- Rashah Andre Williams Date not reported
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.