Man dies in custody at Tarrant County Jail after undergoing emergency medical treatment

FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) “The death of a man who was in custody at the Tarrant County Jail is under investigation.

He died Feb. 15, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

The sheriff’s office said in a statement that the prisoner required emergency medical attention while he was examined by medical personnel.

The detention center staff asked them to examine the man after he refused to eat either lunch or dinner. Life-saving measures were immediately taken and the prisoner was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. He was declared dead at 21:18.

“All deaths in custody are reviewed and investigated by Tarrant County Sheriff’s Jail, TCSO Criminal Investigations, JPS medical personnel, the Texas Commission on Prison Standards, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Texas Attorney General’s Office,” the statement said. to news release.

The sheriff’s office said in a statement that the prisoner was taken to the Tarrant County Jail after being arrested for indecent exposure on November 23, 2022.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner did not release the prisoner’s name or cause of death.