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The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office website identifies the inmate as 33-year-old Steven Charles Lenard. His cause and manner of death is pending.

Victor Runnels, 61, was arrested June 11 on a parole violation, according to court records.

Dallas County practices many of the successful approaches Florida's Miami-Dade County uses to reduce mental health-related incarceration, despite one key law difference.

Dallas County officials are exploring Miami-Dade County's jail and court processing model in Florida to reduce jail crowding and mental health-related recidivism here.

Diane Bailey died at Parkland Hospital on her birthday nearly two months after she was booked into the Dallas County jail for a class C misdemeanor drug charge.

The new accusations come as part of evidence in Adam King's ongoing sexual harassment case. These allegations could be used by prosecutors during King's trial.

Texas Defender Service released a report highlighting details from 431 capital murder cases over a 20-year period in Tarrant County.

Anthony Johnson Jr.'s death was ruled a homicide at Tarrant County Jail after a jailer kneeled on his back. two years ago. His family is still waiting for a trial date and pending civil lawsuit.

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail, has faced scrutiny for the number of in-custody deaths since Bill Waybourn took office.

Certificates of obligation, which do not require voter approval, would pay for facility construction, renovations and equipment throughout the county.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office, under Sheriff Adam King, has faced allegations of mistreatment in a jail that's been in and out of compliance for years. Meanwhile, King faces criminal charges in a sexual harassment scandal.

A federal lawsuit alleging that people in the Smith County jail in Tyler, Texas were kept after their eligible release was settled in February for $1.5 million.