The Dallas County Jail is at a crisis capacity, housing over 7,000 inmates. Dallas County officials attribute the overcrowding to an inefficient software system that prevents the timely release of ...
NBC 5 is hearing from three former Dallas County jail inmates who recently filed lawsuits against Dallas County. They claim ...
The Dallas County jail has more inmates than it is authorized to hold for the first time in nearly two decades, county leaders said Tuesday. Hitting 100% capacity at the detention center raises the ...
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 ...