The medical examiner’s ruling is “a clear indication that Tarrant County Sheriff’s office was negligent in their duty to keep Kimberly safe,” the family’s lawyer said.

The medical examiner’s ruling is “a clear indication that Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office was negligent in their duty to keep Kimberly safe,” the family’s lawyer said.

Yancy was arrested in Grapevine on drug possession charges and booked into the Tarrant County jail on Dec. 23, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release sent following his death.

A woman who died in the Tarrant County jail in February “essentially starved to death” after not being fed according to her dietary restrictions, her family said.

A woman in Tarrant County Jail custody died of dehydration and malnutrition in February, according to recent medical examiner findings. Kimberly Phillips, 56, died Feb. 18 after spending days at ...

news Public Safety. Tarrant County families speak before Texas jail commission on jail deaths “I need this agency to do their job,” said Cassandra Johnson, whose son died in the jail in 2022.

Compassionate release is another effective tool in the fight to reduce deaths within the Tarrant County jail. We all know there is a huge intersectionality between medical conditions… ...