State safety inspectors found that "face-to-face observations had not been conducted as required" in connection to a recent ...

For the second time in 18 months, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has deemed the Bexar County jail out of compliance with the state's minimum jail standards. In a Nov. 19 letter to Sheriff ...

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office announced it has hired the head of Dallas County jails to oversee its own operations.

According to the report, state inspectors reviewed security footage and found that the personal wheelchair "had not been ...

Under the Texas Administrative Code, the commission can order all ... due to medical or disruptive are noted in jail records. The jail's standards and compliance unit now conducts daily audits ...

Tarrant County Commissioners will meet to discuss another inmate's death at the jail. Protestors will also be there. Here's ...

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Department has been under scrutiny for months after several people died in custody in 2024.

A group of conservative Second Amendment activists joined the calls for accountability in the Sheriff’s Office that ...

The sheriff’s office said it received its notice of noncompliance on Nov. 19, 2024, which meant the jail was not meeting state laws and minimum jail standards. The Nov. 19, 2024, notice prompted ...

the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and the Texas Attorney General's Office, review and investigate all in-custody deaths. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner will release the inmate's name and ...

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office recently hired Dallas County’s former top jail official to run Tarrant County’s jail system amid scrutiny over a spike in jail ...