San Antonio, Texas
July 18, 2019
Agencies: Bexar County Sheriff's Office Texas | Texas Attorney General's Office | Texas Civil Rights Project | Texas Commission on Jail Standards | Texas Department of Public Safety
Cause of death: Medical Neglect
Last updated: almost 4 years ago
Deputy arrests, erroneous releases and multiple inmate deaths in one year.
The problems at the Bexar County Jail continue to grow.
The latest death was on Thursday morning, officers found Leon Julius Causey, 24, unresponsive in his jail cell during a jail check, according to the sheriff’s office.
He was booked on July 4 for possession of a controlled substance under one gram.