THEM
THEM IT
THEM IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. +@
THEM IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. >> THEY ARE THERE TO DO THEIR
TIME BUT IS NOT A DEATH
SENTENCE.
SENTENCE.
SENTENCE. SHE WAS DYING IN THEIR
CUSTODY.>> THIS JAIL KEEPS
+@
CUSTODY.>> THIS JAIL KEEPS FAILING INSPECTIONS.
FAILING INSPECTIONS. >> LOOK AT EVERYBODY AND THERE.
NO RESPONSE.
NO RESPONSE. WAS THERE AN EFFORT TO HIDE
THAT DEATH?
THAT DEATH? >> THAT IS HOLLY OFTEN SINGING
AND DANCING WITH HER NIECE IN
THIS FAMILY VIDEO.
HOLLY AND MIKE WERE MARRIED FOR
FOUR YEARS.
FOUR YEARS. >> SHE KNEW IN HER HEART HOW
MUCH I LOVED HER.
I KNEW IN MY HEART HOW MUCH SHE
LOVED ME.
LOVED ME.
LOVED ME. >> SHE IS ONE OF SEVERAL PEOPLE
LOCKED UP IN JAILS RUN BY
LaSALLE CORRECTIONS WHO HAVE
LATER DIED.
LATER DIED. FOR MORE THAN A YEAR WE HAVE
TOLD YOU HOW INVESTIGATIONS
HAV+@E FOUND THE FOR-PROFIT
COMPANIES GUAR+@DS AND STAFF
REFUSED T+@O GIVE MEDICAL
TREATMENT TO PEOPLE WHO GET SICK
WHILE LOCKED UP IN THEIR JAILS.
MANY HAVE DIED INSIDE THEIR
JAIL CELLS.
JAIL CELLS. SCREAMING FOR HELP, GASPING FOR
BREATH.
BREATH.
BREATH. DOES ARE CLASSIFIED AS IN
CUSTODY DEATHS.
CUSTODY DEATHS. THEY MUST BE REPORTED TO THE
STATE AND INVESTIGATED+@.
WFAA FOUND THAT SOME PEOPLE IN
LASALLE'S CARE HAVE DIED AND NO
REPORT IS MADE.
NO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. THAT IS WHAT HOLLY'S MOTHER
SAYS HAPPENED HER DOLLARS CASE.
>> THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DEATH.
>> HOLLY OFTEN HAD A DRUG
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. SHE HAD JUST FINISHED +@REHAB B
SHE HAD AL+@SO VIOLATED HER
MISDEMEANOR PROBATION AM WOUND
UP HERE INS+@IDE LASALLE'S JAIL
>> I AL+@WAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS I
JAIL, THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF
HER UNTIL SHE GOT HER SENTENCE
OVER.
OVER.
OVER. >>
OVER. >> S+@HE HAD TO TAKE AN EXPENSI
DRUG TO STAY ALIVE.
HER HUSBAND TOOK NEARLY A MONTH
SUPPLY TO THE JAIL.
>> SHE+@ EVEN COMPLAINED TO ME
THAT SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE
MESSING HER MEDICINE UP.>> AS
WEEKS PASSED SHE BEGAN TO GET
SICK.
SICK.
SICK. >>
SICK. >> THEY HAD TO BRING HER IN A
WHEELCHAIR.
WHEELCHAIR. >> RECORDS SHOW SHE FILLED OUT
FIVE+@ MEDICAL REQUESTS.
SHE WAS DIZZY, HAD NO APPETITE
AND AND EXTREME HEADACHE AND
WAS UNABLE TO STAND.
A FORMER PRISONER TOLD US
GUARDS ACCUSED HER OF FAKING. +@
THE LAST TIME HER HUSBAND TRIED
TO VISIT HOLLY WAS+@ NOT THERE.
>> I SAID WHERE IS SHE AND THEY
SAID THEY COULD NOT TELL ME.
>> HE HAD TO CALL THE SHERIFF +@
TO FIND OUT THAT SHE WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. >> I SAID YOU HAVE ME RIGHT
+@
>> I SAID YOU HAVE ME RIGHT HERE.
HERE.
HERE. AND
HERE. AND I H+@AVE YOU FOREVER.
>> HOSPITAL RECORD SAY SHE WAS
BROUGHT TO THE ER IN SEVERE
PAIN+@, BLIND AND UNABLE TO SIG
HER OWN NAME.
>> I KNOW WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A
DOUBT SHE HEARD ME.
>> BY THEN THE LaSALLE GUARDS
HAVE STOOD WATCH OVER HER IN
THE ICU FOR FOUR DAYS.
>> I FEEL LIKE SHE WAS WAITING
FOR US TO GET THERE.
>> HOURS AFTER HER FAMILY GO+@T
INTO SEE HER THE JAIL OFFICIALS
SHOWED UP AT THE HOSPITAL WITH
THIS DOCUMENT.
THIS DOCUMENT. SHE WAS BEING RELEASED FOR
MEDICAL REASONS PER SHERIFF+@
JAMES PRINCE.
JAMES PRINCE. >> WE TALKED TO HER AND TOLD
HER HE LOVED HER AND HELD HER+@
HAND AND RUBBED HER HEAD.
>> 12 HOURS LATER HER HEART
STOPPED.
STOPPED.
STOPPED. SHE WAS IN PRONOUNCED DEAD
ASEPSIS AND MENINGITIS.
SHE WAS 47 YEARS OLD.
REMEMBER HOLLY WAS RELEASED FROM
LASALLE'S CUSTODY SINCE SHE WAS
NO LONGER A PRISONER AT THE
TIME OF HER DEATH, THAT IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE STATE LAW
REQUIRES A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION BE CONDUCTED WHEN
A PRISONER DIES IN THEIR
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IN HOLLY'S
CASE, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
+@ TIME LaSALLE HAS USED THIS
+@
TIME LaSALLE HAS USED THIS LOOPHOLE.
LOOPHOLE.
LOOPHOLE. ALLEN WAS A PRISONER IN THE
JOHNSON +@COUNTY JAIL IN 2011.
HE WAS FOUND COLLAPSED ON HIS
JAIL CELL FLOOR.
>> THEY SAID WE HAVE TO SEND
THEM TO THE HOSPITAL,
IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER HE IS
DISCHARGED FROM CUSTODY.
>> JUST LIKE HOLLY OFTEN HIS
DEATH WAS NOT CR+@IMINALLY
INVESTIGATED BECAUSE HE WAS NO
LONGER A PRISONER WHEN HE
DIED.>> ONE OF THE OFFICERS
TESTIFIED THAT IT WAS NOT
UNUSUAL AND THEY DO IT ALL THE
TIME.>> WFAA REPORTED HOLLY
OFTEN STEPPED TO THE TEXAS
CO+@MMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS+
AND THEY LAUNCHED THEIR OWN
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. THEY FOUND THAT HER MEDICATIONS
WERE NOT DISPENSED AS
PRESCRIBED AND THAT HER MEDICAL
CARE DID NOT MEET MINIMUM JAIL
STANDARDS.
STANDARDS. >> WHY DID YOU WAIT SO LONG TO
TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL?
>> I CANNOT COMMENT ON THAT.
>> LAST MONTH WE +@WENT TO A GE
COMMISSION MEETING AND LaSALLE @
EXECU+@TIVE EASTON WAS THERE AN
SHERIFF JAMES PRINCE.
>> SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL IN
CRITICAL CONDITION AND SHE WAS
RELEASED, YOU WON'T SAY
ANYTHING?
ANYTHING?
ANYTHING? >> NO I WILL NOT.
+@
>> NO I WILL NOT. >> SHE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
THEY NOT GET AWAY WITH IT.
>> HER FAMILY WANTS TO CLOSE
THE LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOWS JAILS
TO RELEASE CRITICAL ILL
PRISONERS AND NOT HAVE TO
CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE IF THEY
DIE.
DIE.
DIE. >>
DIE. >> THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY
DEATHS AND IT IS TIME FOR IT TO