Non-profits in Dallas County are working together to try to reduce the number of people jailed repeatedly on drug charges. A non-profit that provides treatment and counseling says they can work ...

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A Virginia jury has awarded $10 million to a former teacher in a lawsuit that accused an administrator of ignoring warnings that a 6-year-old student had a gun before the teacher was shot.

No longer able to play football, Summers started making and selling crack cocaine. What followed was an arrest and a ...

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The 53-year-old man, who was not identified by officials, began displaying symptoms on Tuesday while staying at the 1200 Baker Street jail facility, according to the sheriff's office.

Kimberly Phillips died in February while in sheriff’s custody after reportedly refusing meals over the course of several days ...

The Harris County Sheriff's Office said local public health departments identified several inmates and employees who have ...

Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer The Dallas City Council agreed Wednesday to pay Dallas County for jail services after a monthlong delay and approved an $8.7 million annual contract for housing ...

CONROE, Texas – Multiple agencies are investigating after an inmate died at the Montgomery County Jail on Tuesday. The ...

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 ...

Dallas County's probation services director is working with state and federal agencies to apprehend probationers at their ...