After Multiple Jailers Died Of Covid, Dallas County Forced Others To Keep Working Overtime
On Aug. 1, Porsha Bookman took to Facebook to voice her gripes about her job at Dallas County Jail.
“I just got mandated again!!!!” Bookman posted on Aug. 1. She included the hashtags #wannabefree and #8morehourstogo.
Nineteen days later, the 36-year-old died of COVID-19 complications.
Five days before her death, another Dallas County detentions officer died of complications from COVID-19. Darren Finney perished on Aug. 19, leaving behind two children.
Both Bookman and Finney died after months of "mandated" 16-hour shifts. Jailers confirmed they all signed up for two 16-hour shifts a week, but are now being forced to work up to five in a row on a regular basis.
Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/after-relentless-mandated-overtime-two-dallas-jailers-died-from-covid-mandating-persists-to-this-day-12665335