The Arlington County Sheriff's Office is facing mounting pressure from personnel, inmates and the NAACP to address worsening conditions at the county jail.
Of the eight people who have died in the Arlington County jail in eight years, five appear to have been homeless, according to court records. Most recently, Abonesh Woldegeorges, a 73-year-old Black woman with no fixed address, died in the detention center on Sunday morning. She was found at Dulles International Airport four times between
The family of an inmate who died in a northern Virginia jail has reached a wrongful death settlement with the county sheriff and the jail's former health care provider.
The family of an inmate who died in a northern Virginia jail has reached a wrongful death settlement with the county sheriff and the jail s former health care provider.