Tarrant County jail deaths spark protests and demands for accountability

Protesters took their demands for accountability to Tarrant County Commissioners following the deaths of five jail inmates in recent months. Tarrant County Jail DeathsThe subject of Tarrant County jail inmate deaths took center stage at a commissioners’ court meeting on Tuesday afternoon. About two dozen people signed up to express their concerns.Most aired their frustration about what they called an alarming number of deaths that have occurred under the direction of Sheriff Bill Waybourn. They demanded more accountability, transparency, and change.There have reportedly been 80 deaths in the jail since 2017. Recently, four inmates have died within a span of 11 days in June. The fifth inmate died back in April."Four dead in the last month. Something’s not right. The death rate from what I last read is four times the national average is in jails," Base Migo said."Nothing is going to change about that jail until you people acknowledge we have a problem. And as long as these people dying s