Huge turnout at Tarrant County Commissioners Court, May 7, 2024. Two overflow rooms were filled in addition to this main courtroom.
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Our action team meets via Zoom on the Monday evening prior to Tarrant County Commissioners Court meetings.
Contact Nan Terry or Julie Griffin, co-team leaders, for more information.
This action team works to keep public pressure on the Tarrant County Jail, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court, and the criminal justice system by:
making public comments at Commissioners Court
writing emails and submitting online comments to officials
traveling to Austin for meetings of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards
meeting with officials
in-depth research of the issues
special projects
Deaths in each of the past three years at the Tarrant County Jail far exceed the annual national mortality rate. As a federal judge has found, the documented allegations of deficient supervision, suspicious inmate deaths, and the highest mortality rate in North Texas are sufficient to “put a reasonable policymaker on notice about potential condition of confinement issues at the jail.” (Memorandum Opinion & Order, ECF No. 61, at 27-28, Congious v. City of Fort Worth et al., Docket No. 4:22-cv-00092 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 31, 2023).
Here is one of our Action Team members, Becky Delaune, making a public comment at Tarrant County Commissioners Court in 2023. Powerful words.
Here is one of our Action Team members, Becky Delaune, making a public comment at Tarrant County Commissioners Court in 2023. Powerful words.
". . . For the long term we need bail reform. In Tarrant County well over half the inmates are held only because they cannot make bail. I believe this is criminal. And it lacks respect, understanding, and compassion for the reality of these individuals' lives . . ."
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Questions?
Julie Griffin, Co-Team Leader
Nan Terry, Co-Team Leader
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