Among the people who traveled to Austin to speak before the Texas Commission on Jail Standards is Deborah Smith, whose daughter died in custody last year.
More than eight months after her daughter's in-custody death, Deborah Smith still has questions about what happened and our 13 Investigates found she's not the only one looking for answers.Whenever Deborah Smith's grandson asks when his mom is coming back home, she said as hard as it is, she has to be honest with him. She doesn't want to give him false hope.
SEE ALSO: Former jail officer Eric Morales becomes 1st in Harris Co. to be charged for inmate's death "We arrived and found her condition, anyone's worst nightmare," Deborah told 13 Investigates. "She was unconscious. Both her eyes were open. They eventually taped them down."Now, more than eight months later, Deborah still has questions about what led up to her daughter's death and our 13 Investigates found she's not the only one.
Deborah plans to join family members of other inmates who died in Harris County and across the state Wednesday morning at the first quarterly meeting of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to advocate for their loved ones who died in jail.
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