KERA News: Tarrant County plans to cut ties with private prison that violated state jail standards
February 10, 2024
Tarrant County will cut ties with a private prison in West Texas after KERA News reported on a state inspection that found medical neglect, late checks on prisoners, missing documentation…
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Tarrant County
Tarrant County will cut ties with a private prison in West Texas after KERA News reported on a state inspection that found medical neglect, late checks on prisoners, missing documentation and other problems at the facility.
“I can tell you that every member of the court finds the failure to be notified of the falling out of jail compliance to be unacceptable and very disturbing,” O’Hare said. “I think we are also equally disturbed over the different issues that they fell out of compliance over. Simply unacceptable.”
In Texas, jails are supposed to document when they restrain someone in custody and check on the restrained person every 15 minutes. Dalby, the correctional facility, could not produce five hours of that documentation.
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