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Tarrant County inmate dies after becoming unresponsive, adding to long list of inmate deaths
A 51-year-old inmate in the Tarrant County Jail died Monday, officials said, the latest in a string of inmate deaths in recent years at the jail. According to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office ...
Tarrant County recently hired Dallas County's top jail official to run its jail system. Here's how much he made
Tarrant County recently hired its new jail administrator away from Dallas County. The hire comes amid scrutiny over ...
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Tarrant County sheriff says jail staff 'performed magnificently' before inmate died. The inmate's family disagrees.
Yancy had underlying health issues and struggled with drug addiction, a condition shared by 80% of Tarrant County Jail inmates, Waybourn told commissioners. He died after collapsing in his cell ...
Public speakers hurl expletives in challenge of Tarrant County’s new decorum policy
Later during general public comments, gun rights activist Christopher J. Grisham was removed from the court after using ...
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Tarrant County sheriff defends jail amid protests, calls for change over in-custody deaths
The former head of the Tarrant County Jail retired last May after a series of inmate deaths, including Anthony Johnson's. Two jailers have been charged with murder in his death. "I'm not out to ...
Family says man, 19, killed by Tarrant County deputies asked to serve mental health warrant
A 19-year-old man was fatally shot by deputies while they served a warrant in Haltom City. His family questions the response, ...
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Tarrant Co. inmate dies after medical emergency while in custody
Jail cells at the Tarrant County Corrections Center in Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Chris Torres/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) ...
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Emotions ran high, two arrested at Tarrant County Commissioner's Court at briefing on jail deaths
He was then booked into the Tarrant County Jail on Dec. 24. The sheriff described Yancy as a 'high priority inmate' for medical reasons and was seeing two nurses when he collapsed on Dec. 27.
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With 3 death sentences in 2024, Tarrant County ranks 2nd in Texas for death row inmates
In 1982, the state executed Charlie Brooks, who had also been convicted in Tarrant County for the 1976 murder of a used car lot attendant. He was the first death row inmate in the U.S. to die by ...
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Tarrant County hires new jail chief from Dallas County for role left vacant since May
A Tarrant County spokesperson said Herklotz would not ... was facing overcrowding and was shipping some inmates to facilities in West Texas and Louisiana. “I have no regrets and there is very ...
Escaped Alabama inmate’s car spotted at North Texas Buc-ee’s. An arrest followed
Melissa police identified the suspect’s vehicle using flock camera technology. The vehicle was located at Buc-ee’s parking ...
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Tarrant County Sheriff's Office appoints new chief jailer amid calls for reform
FORT WORTH – The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office has appointed a new chief jailer to oversee a facility that has faced significant criticism for the high number of inmate deaths in recent years.