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The family of the 56-year-old woman who died in Tarrant County Jail custody plans to file two lawsuits related to her death.

More than two dozen deaths in the Tarrant County Jail were not independently investigated as required. Now Tarrant County is investigating a Dallas County jail death.

Charles Hermes and Carolyn Rodriguez were arrested at a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting in late January.

The woman died at John Peter Smith Hospital, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office.

Johnson died after Tarrant County jailers pepper sprayed him, and one knelt on his back for more than a minute. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Johnson's death a homicide by asphyxiation.

It's not the first time the family of Anthony Johnson Jr. has been removed from the court while making calls for accountability and justice for his death.

Under state law, every death in county jail custody triggers an independent investigation. That requirement places too big a burden on law enforcement, Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells wrote in a letter to the state attorney general's office.

Jail deaths were not independently investigated by Fort Worth police, records show. A potential loophole in Texas law made the scenario possible.

Jails have to report in-custody deaths to the state attorney general's office within 30 days.

Deputies shot and killed Christopher Loyo on Jan. 31. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office says it’s going to ask for money to equip all its deputies with body cameras in the next budget cycle.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor dismissed claims against Tarrant County and six of the named jailers earlier this month, but the family want the county back on the suit.

At least 70 people have died in Tarrant County Jail custody since Sheriff Bill Waybourn took office in 2017.