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Since Bill Waybourn was sworn in as Sheriff of Tarrant County in 2017, there have been 61 deaths of in-custody inmates at the county jail - including the negligent death of newborn infant Baby Zenorah, born to a mother in jail custody instead of the mental health facility in which she should have been placed.

Since 2022, Tarrant County has signed more than $40 million in contracts to use the  Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility, near Lubbock, as an overflow  facility, sending local prisoners there. In December 2023, the state’s jail watchdog, the Texas Commission on Jail  Standards (TCJS), found Dalby was in violation of six of the state’s  minimum jail standards. County officials say the company that runs Dalby, Management &  Training Corporation, never notified Tarrant County about the failed  inspection. The failed inspection came as a surprise to Tarrant County’s top  officials. 

Tarrant County has paid out over $1.6 million in wrongful inmate death settlements over the past year. 

Multiple lawsuits are still underway against Tarrant County and the  sheriff’s office, the agency that oversees the jail, over deaths behind  bars, as well as allegations of mistreatment and neglect.

• Georgia Kay Baldwin,  a woman with severe mental illness, died of suspected dehydration in  2021, even though her cell had a water fountain. Baldwin's sons sued the  county in June over her “tragic, completely unnecessary death." 
• Robert Miller died in jail custody in 2019. The county insists he died due to a sickle cell crisis, but experts who spoke to KERA and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram dispute  that explanation, because Miller did not have sickle cell disease.  Miller’s wife, Shanelle Jenkins, filed a lawsuit against the sheriff’s  office. 
• Cory Rodrigues is suing the county after a jailer beat  him so badly, he had to be hospitalized, according to the lawsuit. This  summer, county prosecutors dropped all criminal charges against the jailers involved in the beating without explanation. The beating was caught on tape. 
• In  2020, a woman with severe developmental disabilities and mental health  issues gave birth alone and unattended in her Tarrant County jail cell.  The baby later died. The woman’s guardian sued the county last year. 

Tarrant County has had a whopping total of ZERO election fraud convictions resulting from the waste of taxpayer resources work of the so-called 'Election Integrity Taskforce'. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has received 77 complaints since the  task force was formed, along with 31 emails “regarding general concerns  of voters,” DA’s Office spokesperson Anna Tinsley Williams wrote in an  email. Of those complaints, the sheriff’s office has referred only ONE case  for prosecution, and the DA’s office is considering whether to pursue  it.

The deadline to register to vote in the November 5th 2024 general election is October 7, 2024. The link to register to vote in Texas is below.

The early voting period for the 2024 general election is October 21, 2024 though November 1, 2024.

The final general election day of voting for the 2024 election cycle is Tuesday November 5th.