From KERA:
An exception to Texas’ public information law is helping the Dallas County Jail keep COVID-19 information shielded from public view. It’s frustrating activists who still want to know what policies Sheriff Marian Brown used to prevent infections during the pandemic.
The public also can’t learn how many people were tested at the jail, how many tested positive, and how many died.
“It really raises further questions … what is it exactly that they need to hide from the public about how people are being treated while incarcerated in Dallas County Jail?” said Jonathan Guadian, a community organizer in North Texas.