The Houston Landing examined thousands of public records to determine how many people who died from homicides, suicides and other unnatural causes in the custody of county and municipal jails across Texas over the last decade had previously exhibited mental health symptoms that were documented by court, jail or law enforcement personnel.

For its analysis, the Landing created its own database by collecting court documents, custodial death reports and police and jail records from across Texas. The Landing’s investigation found that about one-third of the 576 individuals who died of unnatural causes in the custody of Texas jails had a documented mental health concern dating back to the 1980s.

Search the names and details about the deaths in our interactive table, or click on “get the data” at the bottom of the table to download our entire database for the state’s 254 counties.

Are we missing someone? Please reach out to Alex Stuckey on Twitter or email.

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Search our data: Inmates with mental illnesses who died in Texas jails over the past decade

by Alex Stuckey and Marie D. De Jesús / Staff photographer, Houston Landing
June 7, 2023

<h1>Search our data: Inmates with mental illnesses who died in Texas jails over the past decade</h1> <p class="byline">by Alex Stuckey and Marie D. De Jesús / Staff photographer, Houston Landing <br />June 7, 2023</p> <p>The Houston Landing <a href="https://www.houstonlanding.org/texans-with-mental-illnesses-are-dying-in-houston-area-jails-they-didnt-need-to-be-there/">examined thousands of public records</a> to determine how many people who died from homicides, suicides and other unnatural causes in the custody of county and municipal jails across Texas over the last decade had previously exhibited mental health symptoms that were documented by court, jail or law enforcement personnel.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized"><a href="https://houstonlanding.org/deadly-detention/"><img src="https://houstonlanding.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Deadly-Detention_6523-esig.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6240" style="width:250px;height:292px" /></a></figure> <p>For its analysis, the Landing created its own database by collecting court documents, custodial death reports and police and jail records from across Texas. The Landing’s investigation found that about one-third of the 576 individuals who died of unnatural causes in the custody of Texas jails had a documented mental health concern dating back to the 1980s.</p> <p>Search the names and details about the deaths in our interactive table, or click on “get the data” at the bottom of the table to download our entire database for the state’s 254 counties.</p> <p><em>Are we missing someone? Please reach out to Alex Stuckey on </em><a href="https://twitter.com/alexdstuckey"><em>Twitter</em></a><em> or </em><a href="mailto:alex@houstonlanding.org"><em>email</em></a><em>.</em></p></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://houstonlanding.org/search-our-data-inmates-with-mental-illnesses-who-died-in-texas-jails-over-the-past-decade/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://houstonlanding.org">Houston Landing</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/houstonlanding.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-Frame-5-2.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://houstonlanding.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=5073&amp;ga4=G-4E41V78RX3" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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