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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Fort Worth PD doesn’t investigate jail deaths. So how did it end up on sheriff’s list?
The Fort Worth Police Department said it was not aware that its officers appear on the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office’s list of law enforcement… Read More
Join us at the ODonnell Consent Decree Public Community Meeting on March 20
Please join us at the ODonnell Consent Decree Public Community Meetings on Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21. Information and flyer below:… Read More
TJP at Rice Film Screening
Texas Jail Project Director, Krish Gundu spoke on a panel at a Rice Film Screening of The Strike. See photos by Kirstie… Read More
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas jail commission hasn’t complied with custody death investigation law for 7 years
The Texas agency responsible for regulating county jails has failed for years to ensure that all inmate deaths are investigated by independent third-party law… Read More
KPRC2: Family part of push for OAG to force compliance after another detainee dies in HCSO custody
The family of a man who died in the custody of the Harris County Jail last month, is teaming up with others to raise… Read More
Abc13: Texas Attorney General’s Office to help get Harris County Jail back into compliance
The Texas Attorney General’s Office will now take action to ensure the Harris County Jail gets into compliance. 13 Investigates first reported on… Read More
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Federal judge dismisses Tarrant County from lawsuit in jail death of Anthony Johnson Jr.
A U.S. district judge dismissed the claims against Tarrant County in the civil case brought by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who was… Read More
TCJS first quarterly meeting of 2025 calls for action in Harris County
On February 6, Texas Jail Project attended the Texas Commission on Jail Standards’ first quarterly meeting of 2025 with the network, Communities Not… Read More
KERA News: Tarrant County dropped from lawsuit over Anthony Johnson Jr.’s death in custody
The lawsuit over Anthony Johnson Jr.’s death in Tarrant County Jail custody isn’t over, but Tarrant County has been spared from litigation. Johnson… Read More