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Judge Vonda Bailey, among other elected county officials, has solicited donations on social media from her courtroom.

Meagan Morris, 41, shared with KERA News in interviews her perspective of what happened July 4.

Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown in an open letter to media sent Sept. 5 disputed reports that the jail was at or over its capacity.

Victoria Boldon detailed her experience in an interview with KERA News.

The Dallas County jail maxed out over the Labor Day weekend and bills are coming due while commissioners hear budget proposals and consider a property tax rate.

The Dallas County Jail began prepping more space before July 4th Fourth for summer and holiday arrests that have pushed jail capacity to 99 percent.

Police are investigating the death of 31-year-old William Hunter Kimbrough who died in custody Sunday.

A 26-year-old woman accused of smuggling fentanyl into the Dallas County Jail is facing murder charges after another inmate apparently died of an overdose.

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 oversight agency missed key inspections and left prisoner complaints unresolved.

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.