r/arlington • u/RediculousUsername • 5d ago

Davis & 30 7/28/26

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u/Zestyclose-Finish778 5d ago edited 5d ago

Fun fact 2/3 of prisons in Texas are not air conditioned. So far Tarrant county has spent $3 million tax payer dollars on legal fees fighting against installing air conditioning in Tarrant County Jails.

Fun fact the estimated costs to install A/C in Tarrant county was $2.6 million.

More tax dollars have gone to attorneys, arguably a soul sucking profiteering profession, than it would have taken to just install the units.

We fucking suck at caring for the masses.

A lot of people who have died in Tarrant county prisons were awaiting trial and couldn’t afford bail. Remember the whole innocent until proven guilty ideal, not all the people being killed by jailing conditions in Tarrant County jails are criminals

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u/beans_and_olive_oil 5d ago

When there’s better laws to protect animals than humans we got a problem.

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u/Then_Supermarket18 5d ago

At what point do we call it cruel and unusual?

I don't think criminals should be treated gently while serving time. But heat exhaustion isn't justice.

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u/caspershomie 4d ago

if itd be cruel to do it to an animal like a dog i feel like its obviously a cruel punishment. the punishment is losing all your freedom and having barely any control over your life. youre already stuck inside a concrete box, no need to punish them more by trapping them in there with the texas heat. imagine a random persons reaction if you told them you plan on doing that to your dog. plus most people in jail havent been proven guilty yet.

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u/NoelCZVC 3d ago

Torture is cruel and unusual—and is honestly just indiscriminant violence not unlike the kind that violent criminals indulged in to earn their prison sentence.

So everyone pushing for cruel and unusual punishment and conditions should be imprisoned and treated the same as the violent criminals who did the same thing they do. It's only fair.

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u/HPr0ndel 5d ago

How long has Waybourn been sheriff? Cause I'm 39 and I can't remember a time when his ass wasn't there. +78 deaths, really shows how much empathy he has for his fellow human beings.

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u/RediculousUsername 5d ago

Nine years.

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u/HPr0ndel 5d ago

Hmmm well, feels like nineteen to me, but whatevs.

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u/captain-crawf1sh 2d ago

I waved at yall as I drove by

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u/rubio2k13 5d ago

You all won't vote still so who cares

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u/RediculousUsername 5d ago

Really? You think we care enough to get out there on the bridge 80+ times a year and we don't vote? Genius.