Dallas County Jail

Dallas and the Texas Attorney General's office jointly asked a court to issue a temporary injunction blocking a voter-approved measure decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.

Spencer Swearnger died at Parkland Hospital in November 2023 after he allegedly drank excessive amounts of toilet water in his jail cell. It was the third water intoxication death at the jail.

The Miami-Dade County jail began reducing inmate populations more than a decade ago by changing how it processes mental health-related offenses.

Though not yet overcrowded, Dallas County jail continues to push its inmate population close to the threshold since Memorial Day weekend.

More than two dozen deaths in the Tarrant County Jail were not independently investigated as required. Now Tarrant County is investigating a Dallas County jail death.

Dallas County did not accept Andra Adkins until after Parkland Hospital staff deemed him medically fit for detainment. He died hours later.

No autopsy was performed after Andra Adkins's death while in custody at the Dallas County jail because he suffered from several medical conditions, according to a report.

A 50-year-old man was pronounced dead at Parkland Health hospital Tuesday after DART police had taken him to Dallas County Jail.

Nine sheriff's department detention officers sued Dallas County in 2020 for federal civil rights and Texas employment discrimination violations.

Dallas County Chief Deputy Shannon Herklotz has accepted a position as a Tarrant County jail operations administrator.

Dallas County's jail passed a Texas Commission on Jail Standards inspection this week.

John Wiley Price, Dallas County commissioner for Precinct 3, began working for the county in 1974 and was first elected commissioner in 1984.