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 ...

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 ...

The Dallas City Council voted Wednesday on whether to start payments on a 12-month, $8.7 million deal with Dallas County for jail services.

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 ...

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 ...

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office has issued four arrest warrants for one of its own employees at the Dallas County Jail. Treston L. Jones is a detention service officer with the jail’s special ...

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 ...

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 ...