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 ...

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 ...

(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 Texas Legislature recently tightened laws against cloning and tampering with gift cards as thieves target consumers.

Thomas Mullen hasn't been in jail in years. But if you looked at the Dallas County jail site, it wrongly made it seem like he was behind bars for 13 years. He was shocked when News 8 informed him.

In recent years, we’ve called out Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare for his campaign to undermine elections. We’ve also voiced concerns about inmate deaths and failed inspections at the Tarrant County ...

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 ...

A group of protesters faces charges after attempting to enter an office building in downtown Dallas on Friday. Sumayyah Chenault was one of 12 arrested on Friday after protesting in and near the ...

Dallas County jail continues to operate at 96% capacity — close to its maximum capacity of 7,119 inmates. To help reduce that number, county administrators and commissioners are studying the "Miami ...

Dallas County believes change is happening to improve juvenile detention. Unless they are overselling, it's the kind of modification that needs to happen. "In essence, we were taking kids who were not ...