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

The aging county jail sits on 15 acres of Trinity River frontage, so a new jail would unlock a prime riverfront development site.

It became Dallas County's new, contemporary facility to house accused criminals in 1993. Today, close to 7,000 men and women ...

Dallas County pursues land for a $5 billion jail replacement, while regional officials discuss flying taxis. A deck park over I-35E could get a big financing boost and a redevelopment deal could bring ...

Dallas County's projected $5 billion jail construction project could take up to a decade to complete, and will focus on ...

The Dallas County Jail this week passed a comprehensive state inspection for the second time in a row, a shift from recent ...

The Dallas County Jail was nearly at capacity with more than 7,000 inmates going into the Labor Day holiday. But county officials have been preparing for high numbers. Heading into the long Labor Day ...

The North Tower Detention Facility of the Lew Sterrett Justice Center in Dallas in August 2022. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer Dallas will delay its first installment of an $8.7 million payment to ...

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 ...