Thin Blue Line: Gregg County Judicial Records

Monday 10 December 2012

Gregg County Judicial Records

Cowling, whom state troopers pulled over on Christmas Eve for speeding and arrested for outstanding warrants on minor theft charges and traffic violations, was bipolar, methadone dependent and had just one kidney. She took a raft of medications every day. For the five days she was in Gregg County Jail, Cowling and her family members pleaded with officials to give her the medicines that sat in her purse in the jail's storage room. They never did.Cowling's death is just the most recent at Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano's jail in Longview. Since 2005, there have been nine deaths here, a large number compared to other lockup facilities its size. Interviews with jail and prison experts and others who have had firsthand experiences with the lockup and its medical staff, and a review of scores of public documents reveal a troubled local jail where staff turnover is extremely high Gregg County Judicial Records