Dallas will delay its first installment of an $8.7 million payment to Dallas County for jail services by at least a month after council members raised concerns about the contract and persistent ...

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 ...

After consistently teetering around capacity, the Dallas County Jail exceeded the maximum number of inmates it can hold for the first time in two decades over Labor Day weekend, said Dallas County ...

For the first time in 20 years, the Dallas County jail has nowhere to put detainees. Dallas County Criminal Justice Department Director Charlene Randolph announced during a Tuesday meeting of the ...

Sheriff Marian Brown has disputed reports by the county’s jail population management department that the jail recently exceeded 100 percent capacity. Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown has disputed ...

DALLAS — Dallas city and county leaders argued over millions of dollars in jail payments and performance metrics during a City Council Committee meeting Tuesday, which included one commissioner ...

Although the pilot is starting small, county officials hope the center can be expanded on site and replicated across the county to reduce the jail ...

The North Tower Detention Facility of the Lew Sterrett Justice Center in Dallas in August 2022. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer Dallas will delay its first installment of an $8.7 million payment to ...