Dallas County commissioners have agreed to spend $55 million dollars exploring potential sites for a new jail complex. The ...

Dallas County has taken a significant leap in its long-discussed plan for building a new jail to replace the aging Lew ...

The Dallas County Jail this week passed a comprehensive state inspection for the second time in a row, a shift from recent failures to meet minimum standards Officials with the Texas Commission on ...

County Judge Clay Jenkins says the current facility is facing overcrowding issues and has outlived its usefulness as it is nearly 50 years old. “I think we’ll have the land bought in ’26. And we’ve ...

Tamera Hutcherson is a Dallas-based community organizer who previously worked for the Texas Jail Project. She has written the op-ed below regarding Proposition 3, one of the 17 propositions on the Nov ...

A Dallas County man has been arrested after allegedly shooting a man with a firearm on Friday, Jan 23. Kaden Wilson’s mugshot ...

DALLAS COUNTY, Mo. — A Dallas County teacher has been arrested after an alleged sex crime charge out of West Virginia. Jonathan Whatley’s mugshot, photo courtesy of Dallas County Jail. According to ...

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has given Dallas County's jail a passing inspection — with no notes for corrective action. Despite a clean report, Sheriff Marian Brown said she plans to keep ...