Miranda Suarez
Tarrant County Accountability ReporterMiranda Suarez is KERA’s Tarrant County accountability reporter.
Before coming to North Texas, she was the Lee Ester News Fellow at Wisconsin Public Radio, where she covered statewide news, including election security and politics, as well as local police and military issues in the city of Madison.
Originally from Massachusetts, Miranda started her journalism career at WTBU, Boston University’s student radio station. Her first public radio jobs were at WBUR, where she was a newscast intern and later a fellow on the business desk. During an internship at Boston 25 News, she conducted an investigation into mental health counseling services at Massachusetts colleges and universities that was nominated for a 2019 New England Emmy.
Miranda is always looking for stories of the weird and wonderful — whether it’s following a robot around a grocery store or sampling cheeses at a Wisconsin cheese contest. Outside of journalism, she loves reading, road trips and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Harris, Tarrant and Bexar counties say their crowded local jails are backed up with convicted state prisoners. The state says it's following the law.
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An elections attorney told KERA News the Election Board doesn't have the power to choose how to number ballots.
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The $5,000 contract is for Noah Betz, the executive director of the Huffines Liberty Foundation and a political strategist.
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Tarrant County has already paid out at least $1.6 million in settlements for other lawsuits over deaths and injuries in the jail.
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Chasity Congious gave birth alone in her cell in 2020. She was jailed again last week for probation violations.
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HSC's new College of Nursing will offer elective courses in correctional nursing.
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Waybourn has made border issues and immigration one of his main issues as sheriff.
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Thousands of Texans with intellectual disabilities live in group homes. The group home system is struggling to retain workers under the low base wage the state legislature set last year.
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Critics of the project have said the Sheriff's Office could use other law enforcement training facilities nearby.
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John Wright ran in the Democratic primary for Tarrant County Constable Precinct 8. His opponent accused him of lying about where he lived.
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Executive Chief Deputy Charles Eckert is a veteran of more than 30 years at the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. He’s in charge of the day-to-day jail operations.
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The county jail system has about 200 open detention officer positions, and corrections officers are working mandatory overtime, according to the county.