Marian Brown

A person in Dallas County Sheriff's Department custody crawled into a restroom ceiling at an area hospital.

The Texas Supreme Court won't revive Dallas County's lawsuit arguing the state isn't transferring mentally ill detainees to hospitals fast enough, making taxpayers foot the bill.

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.

Ensuring public safety during the FIFA World Cup likely will cost the county more from its own pocket than its cut of $50 million for North Texas to share.

The Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice created a streamlined inmate pickup program to reduce delays, which have cost the county millions.

Commissioners have voted to spend $55 million exploring potential sites for a new county jail.

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards gave Dallas County a "clean inspection" with no corrective notes during its review Jan. 13-15.

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.

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.

Dallas County commissioners have authorized a sheriff's department request for M14s, M16s and an armored personnel carrier from a Department of Defense surplus program.