Bret Jaspers
Dallas Accountability ReporterBret Jaspers is a reporter for KERA. His stories have aired nationally on the BBC, NPR’s newsmagazines, and APM’s Marketplace. He collaborated on the series Cash Flows, which won a 2020 Sigma Delta Chi award for Radio Investigative Reporting. He's a member of Actors' Equity, the professional stage actors union.
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A lawsuit filed by former inmates against Smith County, east of Dallas, has prompted others to speak out. -
Dallas’ relative poverty, youth, and lack of health care access may contribute to a higher percentage of its residents lacking health insurance.
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Dallas County is also drawing up a plan for how to use millions it's receiving as a share of what Texas is receiving from drug companies and pharmacies.
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The Texas Fair Defense Project is representing three former Smith County inmates who claim they were held beyond their sentences.
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The Texas law known as the "Death Star" goes into effect on Sept. 1 and preempts large areas of code from city regulation.
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Changes to the technology platforms continue to slow down Dallas County court and jail processing.
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Valdez is seeking to unseat current Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown.
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The Supreme Court of Texas is revisiting Rule 76(a), which lays down rules for how court records can be sealed.
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The population of the Dallas County Jail rose to its largest number since early March, and county staff say the culprits are two vital technology platforms that hold criminal case information.
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People waiting in Texas' county jails to have their mental competence restored before trial have faced long delays before a state hospital bed is available.
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There’s already talk the feds might try to “flip” Paul in their corruption probe into Paxton.
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A lawsuit filed Tuesday claims that Dallas County commissioners don't have the right to view juvenile department records on how long children are confined to their rooms.
