Read the latest in our coverage of the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. and other issues in Tarrant County jail. “Why, why?” “Why would you want have somebody pinned down the ground and say, ‘I can’t breathe?’” 10-year-old Corbin Johnson asked reporters, standing next to his mother and other family outside the Tarrant County Commissioners […]
Read the latest in our coverage of the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. and other issues in Tarrant County jail. Two Tarrant County jailers indicted on murder charges in the in-custody death of Anthony Johnson Jr. were booked into North Texas jails over the weekend and released on bond. Rafael Moreno Jr., the detention officer […]
Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare the conduct of jail personnel involved in the death of an inmate “invokes strong emotions.” O’Hare issued a statement within an hour of the Sheriff’s Office releasing a video that showed the moments before the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. After an altercation with guards, Johnson is handcuffed before a […]
Read the latest in our coverage of the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. and other issues in Tarrant County jail. Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn and Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Jeremy Sherrod will give updates at 4 p.m. Thursday on the investigation of the in-custody death of Anthony Johnson Jr. The news […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Jailers in Georgia must now check the immigration status of inmates and apply to help enforce federal immigration law, under a bill that gained traction after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus. Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bill into law […]
Tarrant County commissioners voted Tuesday to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was allegedly beaten by three jailers for the amount of $200,000. Corey Rodrigues sustained various injuries from the July 2020 beating, including bleeding in his lungs, a collapsed lung, multiple rib fractures and a broken cheek bone that required surgery. In […]
JERUSALEM — Abuses against Palestinians held in Israeli jails have risen since Hamas‘ Oct. 7 attacks, former detainees and rights organizations have warned, with one group alleging that prison officers are taking “revenge” on inmates for the militant group’s atrocities. Data compiled by Israeli rights group HaMoked said the number of “security inmates” — prisoners […]
Israel has joined a notorious band of authoritarian states with a history of imprisoning journalists by detaining Palestinian reporters without trial since the beginning of the latest war in Gaza. Related: Israeli military accused of targeting journalists and their families in Gaza A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released on Thursday said […]