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Deaths in Custody
Last updated: 07/10/2023- All deaths in custody in Texas since 2005, as reported to the Office of the Attorney General.
- Total Incidents: 14,556
race
- white
- black
- hispanic
- other
- not given
sex
- male
- female
manner of death
- natural causes/illness
- homicide
- suicide
- other, specify
- accidental
- alcohol/drug intoxication
- not given
age group
- 60 and up
- 50 to 59
- 40 to 49
- 30 to 39
- 18 to 29
- under 18
type of custody
- prison
- police custody (pre-booking)
- jail - county
- jail - municipal
- private facility
death location type
- medical facility
- not given
- law enforcement facility
- crime/arrest scene
- other, specify
- en route to medical facility
- en route to law enforcement facility
means of death
- not applicable
- not given
- firearm
- other, specify
- hanging, strangulation
- drug overdose