Tarrant County Jail is in Fort Worth, Texas 76196 at 100 N Lamar. The jail is also known as the Tarrant County Corrections Center, and it has an inmate capacity of 5,015. The contact phone number is (817) 884-3000. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s duties encompass Tarrant County Jail operations. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) determines and enforces minimum jail standards for all county jails in the State of Texas.  

Restraint Chairs

TCJS has approved the use of restraint devices at Tarrant County Corrections Center but only for the purpose intended. Placing inmates in restraints is only permitted when the inmates are behaving in a manner that could cause harm. If the least restrictive restraint device will do the job of containing an inmate’s risky behavior, it must be the type of device used.

After all other methods have been tried but have been ineffective, one of the last resorts is to use a restraint chair. Mechanical locking devices on these chairs are placed on an inmate’s ankles and wrists and he or she is also strapped in at the torso and on the lap.    

Investigative reports of U.S. county jails have revealed in the past decade or so that restraint chairs are oftentimes associated with jailer misconduct. An alarming number of custodial deaths have been linked to restraint chairs, in addition to numerous complaints about the unlawful treatment of inmates who are deprived of their civil rights.

The posts on this website are provided as potentially helpful resources for Texas inmates currently or formerly housed in county jails. It is never intended to denote that individuals or institutions have been involved in improprieties. 

–Guest Contributor