Under the sandra bland act, all in-custody deaths in texas jails must be investigated by an outside law enforcement agency. The letter to the department of justice raises serious concerns over the failure of oversight and transparency at tarrant county jail , pointing specifically to the roles of the texas rangers and local authorities. · despite having several deaths occur so far in 2024, tarrant county jail was noted as a “model jail facility” where “several practices meet and may even exceed national standards of care. ” Department of justice report reviewing the conditions and procedures at the tarrant county jail comes amid concerns over in-custody deaths. · in january 2025, protests erupted outside the tarrant county jail (tcj) in fort worth, texas, with demonstrators holding signs that read “sheriff of shame” and “69 + deaths = mass murder. ” He died there three days later, at the age of 31. Since tarrant county sheriff bill waybourn took office in 2017, at least 70 people have died in the county jail -a rate more than three times that in federal custody and vastly higher than. · mason was booked into the tarrant county jail on christmas eve for a drug charge. · tarrant county — the tarrant county sheriff is defending his jail amid protests and calls for change from community members at tarrant county commissioners court on tuesday. · tarrant county jail ’s failure in oversight and transparency.

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