The day before he was sworn into his third term in office, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar received good news. The jail ...

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

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 ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that its jail has regained compliance with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). The TCJS placed the Bexar County ...

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

Shannon Herklotz was most recently a chief deputy of detention services at the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, according to ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Amid calls for transparency after a spike in jail deaths, the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office has hired ...

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 ...