Dallas County has an ongoing pattern of detaining people for weeks past their release dates, derailing lives and compounding the jail’s overcrowding crisis.

District 2 would represent the largest geographical area of the county, including in its central and northern areas of Adel, Bouton, Dallas Center, Dawson, Minburn, Perry and Woodward.

DALLAS — The Dallas County District Attorney's Office's newly formed human trafficking unit is celebrating its first two convictions just months after its January launch. "Human trafficking is ...

One Dallas County jail inmate died July 13, and another is facing a murder charge, according to a Thursday news release from the Dallas County sheriff’s office. Quinnetta Brinkley, 21, died and ...

DALLAS — A Dallas County district judge has been publicly reprimanded by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct for allowing her court coordinator to conduct a bond hearing while the ...

More than 25,000 annually are jailed in Dallas County compared to Miami-Dade's 11,000. Inmates with mental illnesses experience longer jail stays, often because evaluation processes take more time.