The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office announced it has hired the head of Dallas County jails to oversee its own operations.

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Department has been under scrutiny for months after several people died in custody in 2024.

Shannon Herklotz was most recently a chief deputy of detention services at the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, according to ...

The day before he was sworn into his third term in office, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar received good news. The jail ...

According to the report, state inspectors reviewed security footage and found that the personal wheelchair "had not been ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Amid calls for transparency after a spike in jail deaths, the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office has hired ...

During the first meeting of the year at Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court, emotions ran high as Sheriff Bill Waybourn along ...

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that its jail has regained compliance with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS).

In 2024 alone, 13 deaths occurred in the Bexar County Jail, leading the state to deem the facility noncompliant for the ...

FORT WORTH – The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office has appointed a new chief jailer to oversee a facility that has faced ...

Capt. Sarah Bigham, who previously served as jail administrator, said under Texas Commission on Jail Standards, they expect to operate at about 90 percent capacity. "We continually run on a ...

Under the Texas Administrative Code, the commission can order all ... due to medical or disruptive are noted in jail records. The jail's standards and compliance unit now conducts daily audits ...