Tarrant County Jail

Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas · capacity 1,100

Also reported as County jail; John Peter Smith Hospital; John Peter Smith Hospital ICU; Lon Evans Corrections Center; Tarrant County jail cell; county jail.

207 deaths are recorded here, from 1883 to 2026; 205 by name.

undetermined 179
illness 12
suicide 5
other person 3
overdose 3
staff force 2
neglect 2
lynching 1

Lawsuits over deaths here have brought at least $4.5 million in settlements and awards, for 5 people.

The people

Broshundrick McNeal October 18, 2026
Jose Orozco September 22, 2026
Gemma Swingle August 29, 2026
Victor Runnels June 25, 2026
Carl McCray June 16, 2026
Mack Greer June 15, 2026
James Johnson June 15, 2026
John Barr April 19, 2026
Name not reported 2026
Shuntae Broadus December 21, 2025
Lizza Elizabeth Gadlin April 19, 2025
Kimberly Phillips February 18, 2025
Charles Stephen Johnson February 8, 2025
Mason Yancy December 27, 2024
Vernon Ramsey December 2, 2024
McLendon Caldwell July 12, 2024
Chasity Bonner May 27, 2024
Anthony Johnson Jr. April 21, 2024
Roderick Johnson April 18, 2024
Ronald Kenneth Reese March 7, 2024
Harold Kent Roberts February 14, 2024
Russell Qualls January 9, 2024
Clyde K. Alexander November 21, 2023
William Burns September 16, 2023
Linda Carol York August 14, 2023
Derreal Jackson August 1, 2023
JoAnn Lemmons June 27, 2023
Adrian Chevez June 24, 2023
Jason Levar Jackson March 23, 2023
Heidiann Gitts March 20, 2023
George Zink February 15, 2023
Antonio Stahl Deluca November 16, 2022
Kelvin Lavon Brown November 8, 2022
Kenneth Ray Perry September 29, 2022
Lyonell Mitchell Jr. September 14, 2022
Richard Marta August 27, 2022
Trelynn Wormley July 20, 2022
Thomas Simpkins June 28, 2022
Oh Young Park June 17, 2022
Edgar Villatoro-Alvarez February 25, 2022
James Carrell New February 19, 2022
Alvie Johnson Jr. January 3, 2022
Leon Anthony Jacobs October 30, 2021
Jamie Antione Russell October 6, 2021
Harvey Franklyn Greenwald October 2, 2021
Ismael Martinez October 1, 2021
Georgia Baldwin September 14, 2021
Tyler Jay Huffman September 10, 2021
Jeremiah Michael Noble August 18, 2021
Jeffery Wayne Buchanan July 20, 2021
DeAnthony Lavaile Taylor March 21, 2021
Ellison Monroe McCurdy February 28, 2021
Timothy Mathew Rasor February 22, 2021
Bebo Hernandez Garcia February 15, 2021
Cedric Lamont Teal January 2, 2021
Ross Harold Brewer December 28, 2020
Jared Daniel Chapman December 22, 2020
Lee D. Haney December 19, 2020
Name not reported December 19, 2020
Dextouri Loaymayant Williams December 9, 2020
Nancy Lynn Nielsen December 7, 2020
Kennie Leroy Craven November 10, 2020
Rory Glen Johnson November 9, 2020
Dale Garland Thompson September 28, 2020
Andre Wilson September 14, 2020
Dalanna Janette Price September 9, 2020
Abdullahi Mohamed June 25, 2020
Jason Glendon Martin June 24, 2020
Javonte Myers June 19, 2020
Zenorah Congious May 27, 2020
Jose Manuel Rivera May 23, 2020
Dean Stewart April 26, 2020
Willie Carl Goode March 4, 2020
Ricky Farmer February 26, 2020
Zenorah 2020
Jackson Lee Murphy August 31, 2019
Robert Miller August 1, 2019
Southany Khiengsombath July 26, 2019
Derick Wynn April 5, 2019
Jennifer Lynn Espinoza January 16, 2019
Clinton Don Simpson November 7, 2018
Robert Thomas Renfrow February 22, 2018
Billy LaRae Freeland 2017
Thomas Harold McKnight December 15, 2016
Andrew Brian Canfield November 9, 2015
Lupita Natasha Hernandez October 17, 2015
Krisha D. Blackwell September 23, 2015
John Thomas Polk June 7, 2015
Joseph Robert Wilson April 9, 2015
Larry Allen Crowley March 12, 2015
Jimmy Lee Stevens February 24, 2015
Nathan James Crawford November 9, 2014
William Diener September 12, 2014
Robert Henderson Simmons December 12, 2013
Bernard Eaglin June 12, 2013
Eduardo Constantino Salazar June 10, 2013
Charles Nathan Finnell May 27, 2013
Archie LaWayne Booker June 29, 2012
Irvin Ireland Dorsey June 25, 2012
Jonathan William Holden March 20, 2012
Willie Harold Smith March 16, 2012
Mike Martinez July 16, 2011
Kaleb Tauren Fitzgerald June 1, 2011
James Roy Hemphill January 12, 2011
Glen Dale Johnson December 26, 2010
Lynn Edward Denham November 6, 2010
Jason Eric Maddux October 28, 2010
Duane Albert Hubbard February 24, 2009
Fredric Jay Jacobson November 29, 2008
Adrienne M. Lemons June 13, 2008
Tillman Wayne Barber May 24, 2008
James Monte Green March 28, 2008
John L. Fain February 9, 2008
Santana Marquice Smith October 26, 2007
Steve L. Moore August 21, 2007
Barbara Ann Wheaton July 30, 2007
Steve Robledo May 12, 2007
John Robert Seelinger January 14, 2007
Raleigh Kemp November 28, 2006
Aubrey Eugene Whiting July 21, 2006
Rickey Ashby February 26, 2006
Christopher Waller August 16, 2005
Wesley Bonner March 24, 2005
Kenneth Mills December 28, 2004
Victor D. Sanford November 8, 2004
Christi M. Ball October 21, 2004
Mario D. Paschall August 31, 2004
Christopher T. Brown August 10, 2004
Kendrick Carter August 5, 2004
Donald J. Gillen July 11, 2004
Stephen D. Carter March 25, 2004
Ronald Anderson February 11, 2004
Creston C. Reeves January 27, 2004
Charlie L. Jackson September 8, 2003
Jason D. Chambers August 7, 2003
Otis L. Barber February 23, 2003
Curtis Earl Johnson April 27, 2002
Billy Frank Wells March 7, 2002
Mark Anderson December 9, 2001
Melva Hendrith September 23, 2001
Brian D. Alexander January 9, 2001
James F. Burns November 21, 2000
Van E. Wade November 5, 2000
Aaron Stevenson September 20, 2000
Anthony W. West July 23, 2000
Darrick Chase June 16, 2000
Abe Morgan February 4, 2000
Melvin E. Phillips December 16, 1999
Debra K. Russell December 14, 1999
Brendson V. Johnson October 13, 1999
James A. Livingston July 7, 1999
William B. Belding February 25, 1999
Leonard B. White October 25, 1998
William Lee Douglas September 20, 1998
Bruce V. Givens February 2, 1998
Mary H. Yanez December 2, 1997
Stephen J. Wareing March 6, 1997
Henry Jones November 4, 1996
Ramon Vasquez September 29, 1996
Kenneth A. Peterson August 29, 1996
Kenny Lloyd July 3, 1996
Jennifer M. Ehlinger January 25, 1996
Marvin E. Parker December 8, 1995
Sharlet Yevette Demerson April 14, 1995
Michael J. Deerfield March 25, 1995
George E. Johnson January 5, 1995
Phillip J. Murray August 28, 1994
Billy G. Reynolds June 28, 1994
Cleo R. Austin Jr. March 9, 1994
Leroy Hornbuckle January 8, 1994
James E. Mullenix November 17, 1993
Sergio A. Rodriguez May 2, 1993
Chester L. Grant January 20, 1993
Ronald D. Lunsford December 4, 1992
Charles R. Johnson November 27, 1992
Irvin Martin September 5, 1992
Peggie Y. Whatley April 25, 1992
Leon Powell January 14, 1992
George E. Parramore January 6, 1992
Reynaldo P. Alvarez December 13, 1991
Michael L. Brown November 4, 1991
Ray Jackson August 28, 1991
Michelle Carson July 10, 1991
Michael W. Bennett December 1, 1990
Charles E. Hickey September 23, 1990
Hershey L. Tarver September 11, 1990
Bobbie J. Johnson August 25, 1990
Bobby Easterling May 12, 1990
Valerie L. Johnson February 14, 1990
Douglas W. Love May 11, 1989
Preston J. Wattson April 15, 1989
Paul D. Crawford October 27, 1988
Fredrick Green September 4, 1988
George M. Kebe January 16, 1988
George Scott November 29, 1987
John J. Riedel September 30, 1986
Samuel Alvarez June 6, 1986
Samuel A. Ramirez June 6, 1986
Carl Barnhill October 25, 1985
Leonard E. Newcomb July 10, 1985
Miguel T. Evans May 11, 1985
Patricia A. King May 5, 1985
Daniel Kendrick January 24, 1985
Mark Allen Decoursey November 21, 1983
Terrence Earl Barlow August 1933
Tom W. Vickery December 23, 1920
Wilson June 10, 1883

History and conditions

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