The lawsuit filed Thursday ahead of the anniversary of McGregor’s death asserts he stopped eating, drinking and showering as his mental health deteriorated inside the jail. Harris County Sheriff's OfficeA second lawsuit filed in federal court this month against Sheriff Ed Gonzalez asserts a Harris County Jail inmate suffered from delusions and was unable to advocate for himself before dying inside the jail from sepsis caused by a strep throat infection. Twenty people died in the custody of the Harris County Jail last year, an increase from 2024. The Harris County Jail, which houses more than 8,000 inmates, saw fewer deaths per capita to detention facilities of similar size last year, including Maricopa County in Arizona and Los Angeles County in California, reports show. The Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability is responsible for providing mental health services to jail inmates.