Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 2024 · Harris County Detention Center, Harris County, Texas

A man died while held at the Harris County Jail in downtown Houston in December 2024, one of three men who died there that month. The Harris County Sheriff's Office said he died from an apparent medical emergency. A state letter cited a lapse in required observations at the jail that month.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Harris County Sheriff's Office said the man died of an apparent medical emergency.

Reported by: Harris County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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