Inmate left in Harris County Jail cell leads to indictment of two detention officer sergeants

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Two indicted in case of inmate left in cell for weeks
A Harris County grand jury indicted two jail sergeants for their alleged role in how an inmate, jailed on a marijuana charge, was kept

A Harris County grand jury indicted two jail sergeants Tuesday for their alleged role in keeping an inmate, jailed on a marijuana charge while on probation and in need of mental health care, in his cell for weeks without being let out.

Inmate Terry Goodwin had been left in his cell, living amid heaps of trash, swarms of bugs, and piles of his own feces, first reported last year by Ted Oberg Investigates.