Inmate Found Hanging in Smith County Jail Cell

TYLER – A Smith County Jail inmate is hospitalized after he was found hanging in his cell. He is 32 year old Thomas Haley of Lindale. He was found hanging by a towel in the shower of his cell shortly after 6:45 Tuesday evening. Sheriff Larry Smith said Haley was found 26 minutes after his last check. State standards require inmates, such as Haley, to be checked every 30 minutes. Haley, who had been in jail since last October, was being held for nonpayment of child support and evading and resisting arrest. He is currently listed in critical but stable condition.