The Hidden Epidemic: Drug Abuse And Addiction In Tarrant County Jail

Webin the weeks following the death of anthony johnson jr. In the tarrant county jail — which was ruled a homicide — sheriff bill waybourn has said at least one. Webtarrant county sheriff bill waybourn has made fighting the rise in overdoses a top priority for his department, while treatment centers have their hands full.

Webtarrant county has a “de facto policy” of letting drugs and other contraband into jails, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in fort worth earlier this month. Weba lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died of a fentanyl overdose while detained in the tarrant county jail alleges the county lets drugs “run rampant” in the. She alleges the county allows drugs to run rampant in its correctional facilities.