Family Of Inmate Who Died At Bi-State Jail Files Lawsuit

Holly Austin-Barlow

The family of a woman who died in the Bi-State Jail in Texarkana has filed a federal lawsuit against LaSalle Corrections, the private company that operates the jail. Officers had arrested 46-year-old Holly Barlow-Austin for a parole violation. The suit alleges guards and medical personnel didn’t provide her prescribed medication, deprived her of food and water, and only took her to the hospital after it was too late. Barlow-Austin died of sepsis, meningitis, HIV/AIDS, and accelerated hypertension on June 17.