A 21-year-old woman apparently has died of a drug overdose in the Dallas County Jail after another inmate allegedly smuggled fentanyl into the facility. One woman is dead and another is facing ...

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 ...

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 regularly holds more than 6,200 people. The jail population is very close to the maximum allowed by state officials. Dallas County jail is nearing its 7,119 inmate maximum ...

An inmate arrested for trespassing and possession of a controlled substance is now facing murder charges after allegedly sneaking drugs into the Dallas County Jail, according to an arrest warrant. The ...

DALLAS — A 21-year-old inmate at the Dallas County Jail died last week after a suspected drug overdose that sent four inmates to the hospital, according to a police affidavit obtained by WFAA. The ...

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 Daisy ...

S.E. Jenkins is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. She has also been a Digital Content Producer in Tallahassee and Myrtle Beach. S.E. graduated with journalism degrees from Texas State ...

A Dallas County Jail inmate who hid drugs in her vagina is facing a murder charge after another woman died from an overdose, according to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office. Courtesy: McClatchy Co. An ...