‘He needs care, not a cage’: Man with intellectual disabilities transferred from Tarrant County Jail

For the past 16 months, Shawn Fraraccio thought he was being kept at a hospital.

Instead, he was in solitary confinement at the Tarrant County Jail, according to his mother, Christy Bridgman, who tried to get him moved to another facility while he was in custody.

Since December 2024, Fraraccio was at the county jail after neighbors called police over a noise complaint. Fraraccio had allegedly hit Bridgman, leading to his arrest and charge of continuous violence against a family member on Dec. 18, 2024…

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