(TNS) — As ongoing technology problems contribute to delays in releasing people from jail, Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown is opting to upgrade the jail’s current software to solve the issue ...

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office is conducting a state-mandated investigation into a recent in-custody death at the Dallas County Jail. The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office is leading an ...

The Dallas County Jail was nearly at capacity with more than 7,000 inmates going into the Labor Day holiday. But county officials have been preparing for high numbers. Heading into the long Labor Day ...

DART officers can now divert some trespass suspects to an Austin Street transition center instead of booking them.

The Dallas County jail has more inmates than it is authorized to hold for the first time in nearly two decades, county leaders said Tuesday. Hitting 100% capacity at the detention center raises the ...

The first floor of inmate cells at the Tarrant County Corrections Center in Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards posted on March 24 its first list of ...

Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug, whose real name is Xavier Landum, was arrested on Thursday, August 21, 2025, and booked into the Dallas County jail. According to jail records, he was charged with ...

Tamera Hutcherson is a Dallas-based community organizer who previously worked for the Texas Jail Project. She has written the op-ed below regarding Proposition 3, one of the 17 propositions on the Nov ...

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The Maverick County Courthouse in Eagle Pass. A New York Times investigation found that the county sometimes jailed people for months without charges filed against them. EAGLE PASS, TEXAS - November 7 ...