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 ...

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 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 ...

A 21-year-old inmate at the Dallas County Jail died last week after a suspected drug overdose that sent four inmates to the hospital, according to a police affidavit obtained by WFAA. The inmate, ...

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

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 ...

It’s no surprise that the Dallas County jail has once again failed state inspection. In December 2023, a formerly homeless man I was helping was arrested for a nonviolent crime, and I didn’t know if ...

County Judge Clay Jenkins listens to resolutions during commissioner’s court in November. County commissioners learned that on Tuesday that the jail had exceeded capacity and about a significant bill ...

A Hood County jail nurse has been indicted on criminal charges for allegedly failing to obtain medical care for an inmate, ...