Jail Staff Laughed at Dying Veteran Left Strapped to Chair in Texas, Suit Says

Texas Jail Staff Laughed as Army Vet Choked and Died, Lawsuit Says

On the night of June 16, 2023, police officers in Lufkin, Texas, approached 33-year-old Glenn Smallwood. He was shirtless, on his hands and knees, and appeared to be scratching at something on the sidewalk. “I’m a psych patient,” he told them, according to a wrongful death lawsuit Smallwood’s family filed Monday. Instead of taking him to a psychiatric facility, officers arrested him for public intoxication.  When they put the handcuffs on, he pr…

Lawsuit alleges excessive restraint, medical neglect prior to Texas jail death

DALLAS — Almost two years after a man died just hours into his custody at an East Texas jail, his brother is suing the county and a correctional health company over his death.

Jail Staff Laughed at Dying Veteran Left Strapped to Chair in Texas, Suit Says

The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran who needed immediate medical attention but was instead taken to jail and strapped to a restraint chair until he was no longer responsive, is suing over his death, according to their legal counsel.