The Human Rights Defense Center has sued Dallas County over alleged free speech and due process rights violations at county jail.

Dallas County's near-total book ban lands the sheriff in federal court. The publisher behind Prison Legal News says its ...

The Dallas County jail has "a near-total ban" on printed literature, violating a 2007 federal consent decree where they agreed Prison Legal News publications were permitted mail, the outlet alleges.

Running a jail the size of Dallas County’s is no easy task. The lockup is responsible for the safety of close to 7,000 inmates plus that of more than 1,000 staffers. Courts have recognized the ...

For 183 days at the beginning of 2024, Ian Smith sat in a locked jail cell in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, sure that he should by then be freed. According to a lawsuit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lew Sterrett Justice Center pictured in Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2022. (Elias Valverde II/Staff Photographer) On her first night in ...

More people are dying in the Dallas County jail now than in recent history, and many were likely preventable deaths that raise questions about patterns of delayed care, according to an analysis of 16 ...

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 ...

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Could the Seattle Seahawks be a potential trade partner with the Dallas Cowboys after their running back room was hit with an injury right before Week 1? ESPN’s Todd Archer reported on Sept. 11, ...