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Fellow commissioners erupted in shock when Andy Sommerman recommended the warrant and writ money diversion.

Dallas County commissioners voted to adjust and ensure fees collection for constable and sheriff services.

Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown in an open letter to media sent Sept. 5 disputed reports that the jail was at or over its capacity.

A 26-year-old woman accused of smuggling fentanyl into the Dallas County Jail is facing murder charges after another inmate apparently died of an overdose.

Spencer Swearnger died at Parkland Hospital in November 2023 after he allegedly drank excessive amounts of toilet water in his jail cell. It was the third water intoxication death at the jail.

Dallas County commissioners have authorized a sheriff's department request for M14s, M16s and an armored personnel carrier from a Department of Defense surplus program.

An alternate election judge filed a police report days after she claimed Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price assaulted her, according to reports.

More than two dozen deaths in the Tarrant County Jail were not independently investigated as required. Now Tarrant County is investigating a Dallas County jail death.

Dallas County did not accept Andra Adkins until after Parkland Hospital staff deemed him medically fit for detainment. He died hours later.

No autopsy was performed after Andra Adkins's death while in custody at the Dallas County jail because he suffered from several medical conditions, according to a report.

Nine sheriff's department detention officers sued Dallas County in 2020 for federal civil rights and Texas employment discrimination violations.

Dallas County's jail passed a Texas Commission on Jail Standards inspection this week.