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Families and residents press Tarrant County commissioners for accountability after jail deaths; oppose privatization of jail management
Summary
Multiple family members and residents used public comment on March 18 to urge action after recent jail deaths, oppose rebidding an RFP for jail management services, and call for updates on mental-health facility planning and accountability for the sheriff’s office.
Several family members of people who died in Tarrant County jails and other residents used the commission's public-comment period on March 18, 2025, to demand accountability, criticize the sheriff’s office, and oppose a proposed rebid of a jail-management contract.
Anthony Johnson Sr., who said he was speaking about last week’s agenda item that rejected all proposals for an annual contract for jail management services, told the court the initial RFP represented a “major change” in the sheriff’s responsibilities and warned against privatizing jail management. Johnson referenced the private company MTC…
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