BRAZOS COUNTY — The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that on August 11, 2020 an inmate of the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office has died while hospitalized.
The inmate was a 49-year-old man from Bryan, Texas who passed away while receiving treatment for COVID-19.
On Tuesday August 11, 2020 at approximately 9:45 a.m., an inmate from the Brazos County Jail, a 49 year old male from Bryan, Texas, passed away while receiving treatment for COVID 19 at CHI St. Joseph’s Hospital., according to the Brazos County Sheriff's Office.
The patient was admitted to CHI St. Joseph’s Hospital on August 2nd and had been receiving treatment there since that date.
The patient was initially quarantined from the general population when he reported that he was not feeling well and was discovered to have fever.
The patient was tested for COVID-19 and isolated after medical staff received a positive result on August 2nd. He was subsequently transferred to St. Joseph’s later the same day.
The Brazos County Jail has implemented precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID 19 that are in compliance with both Center for Disease Control and Local Health Authority guidance. Sheriff Kirk says “This is a tragic loss that we worked hard to prevent and hoped would not occur. Our sincere condolences go out to the family”
The Texas Jail Commission has been notified and a Custodial Death Report will be forwarded to the Texas Attorney General upon completion of an internal investigation conducted by the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office and the independent investigation conducted by the Texas Rangers.