An inmate at the Dallas County Jail is facing a murder charge after an incident that sent her and three other inmates to the hospital.
On Sunday, July 13, investigators said four inmates were taken to Parkland Hospital for a possible overdose. One of the four inmates, 21-year-old Quinnetta Brinkley, died.
The incident
Just before 8:30 p.m. on July 13, detention officers were conducting “face-to-face” security when several inmates contacted one of the officers to say fellow inmate, 21-year-old Quinnetta Arian Brinkley, was “not moving.”
The officer found Brinkley lying on the bottom bunk and another inmate, later identified as Cheyanna Mather, 21, was lying on the floor. The report states that both women were unresponsive. As they were being evaluated, several inmates in a different block “began banging on the window,” and stated that there were two other inmates who looked like they were about to pass out, according to the affidavit…