Died in jail or a lockup
Claude Joiner
Claude Joiner, 66, was taken from the Dallas County Jail to Parkland Memorial Hospital on July 27, 2023, and died there on August 7. The Dallas County Sheriff's Department reported his cause of death to the Texas Attorney General's Office as liver cancer and classed the manner as natural. The state's custodial death report lists him as having died while held at the Dallas County jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Dallas County Sheriff's Department reported to the Attorney General's Office that he died of liver cancer.
Reported by: Dallas County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him); Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report.