COUNTY TEXAS WATCH

2026

286 pre-conviction jail deaths in 2026, recorded by the Texas Attorney General's custodial death register.

CountyDeaths
Anderson County1
Bandera County1
Bastrop County2
Bell County2
Bexar County27
Bowie County3
Brazoria County1
Brazos County2
Burleson County1
Burnet County1
Cameron County3
Cherokee County2
Collin County5
Comal County1
Comanche County1
Cooke County1
Coryell County1
Crosby County2
Culberson County2
Dallas County19
De Witt County1
Denton County3
Ector County1
El Paso County4
Ellis County1
Erath County1
Fayette County1
Fort Bend County3
Freestone County1
Galveston County6
Grayson County2
Gregg County2
Guadalupe County2
Hardin County2
Harris County47
Harrison County4
Hays County2
Henderson County2
Hidalgo County4
Hood County1
Howard County2
Hunt County1
Jeff Davis County1
Jefferson County5
Johnson County3
Kendall County1
Kerr County2
Lamar County1
Live_Oak County1
Lubbock County4
Madison County1
Matagorda County1
McLennan County1
Mitchell County1
Montague County1
Montgomery County3
Nolan County3
Nueces County6
Parker County1
Polk County2
Potter County8
Rusk County2
San Jacinto County1
Shelby County1
Smith County5
Tarrant County21
Tom_Green County6
Travis County12
Victoria County7
Walker County1
Waller County2
Washington County1
Webb County1
Wichita County2
Williamson County3
Wise County2
Wood County2