Facilities · Jail
Wichita County Jail
Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas · capacity 253
Also reported as Wichita County Detention Center; Wichita Falls jail.
24 deaths are recorded here, from 1896 to 2024; all by name.
- undetermined 22
- lynching 2
The people
- Cedric Sartin March 25, 2024
- Lawrence McKinzie October 28, 2022
- Matthew Ray Maxwell April 1, 2022
- Leo Lawrence September 15, 2021
- Cedric Leon Hardesty September 13, 2021
- Hershel Floyd Love August 9, 2021Died in prison
- Bernard Alexander Grant January 30, 2019
- Joe Dale Johnson September 6, 2018
- Quantrell Xavier Hutchinson February 24, 2017
- Ronnie Dean Hutson May 4, 2015
- Brandon Scott Walker November 10, 2014
- John T. Cameron June 23, 2009
- Douglas Charles Gollihar March 30, 2007
- Ronnie Dean Rhodes March 18, 2006
- Wilbert Henson November 29, 2004
- Jason R. Brown July 24, 2004
- Benny A. Spencer September 27, 2000
- Michael R. McKernan May 3, 1999
- Alan Dennis February 23, 1998
- Eddie D. Turkett August 22, 1992
- Whitfield F. Edmunds June 6, 1986
- Hilton R. Murphy November 26, 1985
- Foster Crawford February 26, 1896
- Younger Lewis February 20, 1896
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.