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According to Krish Gundu, executive director of the Texas Jail Project, a man in acute psychiatric crisis was held in a single padded cell at the Harris County Jail in Houston, where he was restrained. Gundu said the man died by repeatedly striking his head on a metal floor grate, which he described as a suicide, while jail staff watched. Gundu said the man should have been sent to a hospital instead of being held in that cell.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Krish Gundu, executive director of the Texas Jail Project, says jail staff watched the man, who was in acute psychiatric crisis, strike his head on a metal floor grate and that he should have been sent to a hospital.
Reported by: Krish Gundu, executive director of the Texas Jail Project (advocates).