(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 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 regularly holds more than 6,200 people. The jail population is very close to the maximum allowed by state officials. Dallas County jail is nearing its 7,119 inmate maximum ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Hood County jail nurse has been indicted on criminal charges for allegedly failing to obtain medical care for an inmate, Michael Turner Jr., who died in custody, a development described as highly ...

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 ...

The man was far from his former life when Dallas Area Rapid Transit police encountered him at a bus station on Bryan Street. Once an airline employee, he developed a drinking problem and was now ...