A new U.S. Department of Justice report reviewing the conditions and procedures at the Tarrant County Jail comes amid concerns over in-custody deaths.
A new report from the U.S. Department of Justice reviewed the conditions and procedures at the Tarrant County Jail.For months the Tarrant jail has been surrounded by controversy over the number of deaths among inmates.County leaders told NBC 5 on Thursday that since the start of 2017, 66 people have died in custody at the Tarrant County Jail, the third-most of any county jail in the state during that time according to Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office data.
“Several practices meet and may even exceed national standards of care,” the report listed among its findings. “The facilities were all quite clean as compared to the vast experience of the TA review team in assessing jail settings.” "The greatest concern and area for improvement is related to the restrictive conditions of confinement for those identified as having significant assessment and treatment needs, such as those at risk for suicide, those detoxing, and those on a mental health recommended single-cell status," said the report."They experience confinement for 23 of 24 hours per day and may have further restrictions to accessing some personal items.
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