Failure to report a custody death within 30 days constitutes a class B misdemeanor crime, per the Texas Penal Code.

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office was late in reporting an in-custody death to the state, citing a clerical error.

An inmate at the Tarrant County Jail died Saturday from complications after a suicide attempt, officials with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The 36-year-old man, identified ...