Dallas County voters again have rejected a referendum allowing the county to issue bonds to build a new courthouse. Nearly 57% of voters opposed the measure while 43% supported it, according to ...

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 ...

WITH BREAKING NEWS. BREAKING NEWS THIS NOON HOUR OUT OF PERRY, THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A SEVEN MONTH OLD BABY. IT HAPPENED AT AN IN-HOME DAYCARE ON JONES ...

A fugitive wanted on a child pornography charge in West Virginia was arrested while working as a teacher in Dallas County, Missouri. Jonathan Robert Whatley was taken into custody after a school ...

DALLAS COUNTY, Mo. — A Dallas County teacher has been arrested after an alleged sex crime charge out of West Virginia. Jonathan Whatley’s mugshot, photo courtesy of Dallas County Jail. According to ...

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by the city of Birmingham against Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway, upholding that the Jefferson County Jail is not legally ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A county jail in the East will no longer allow in-person visitors with inmates. Effective November 1st, the Carteret County jail will transition to video-only visits.

Hoke County Sheriff's Office captured two inmates from their detention center an hour after they escaped Wednesday morning, prompting nearby schools to be placed on lockdown. In a post on Facebook, ...

New tonight-- construction starts next week on a new áfirearms training and evidence storage facilityá in Dallas County. It's being built on Highway 6 just west of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office ...

Delaware County and 10 other counties throughout the state were awarded a total of $2 million from the Ohio Attorney General's office to help local sheriffs prioritize addiction treatment for jail ...

Similar stories are coming from former inmates of the Dallas County Jail, who say they served too much time behind bars. "I've lost so much that could have been prevented. It could have been stopped ...

DALLAS — Dallas city and county leaders argued over millions of dollars in jail payments and performance metrics during a City Council Committee meeting Tuesday, which included one commissioner ...