Three years after an EF-2 tornado tore through Selma and caused major damage to the Dallas County Jail, the facility remains closed, with little visible progress toward reopening.

The Dallas County Jail this week passed a comprehensive state inspection for the second time in a row, a shift from recent ...

The aging county jail sits on 15 acres of Trinity River frontage, so a new jail would unlock a prime riverfront development site.

It became Dallas County's new, contemporary facility to house accused criminals in 1993. Today, close to 7,000 men and women ...

Dallas County pursues land for a $5 billion jail replacement, while regional officials discuss flying taxis. A deck park over I-35E could get a big financing boost and a redevelopment deal could bring ...

Dallas County's projected $5 billion jail construction project could take up to a decade to complete, and will focus on ...

The Dallas County Jail was nearly at capacity with more than 7,000 inmates going into the Labor Day holiday. But county officials have been preparing for high numbers. Heading into the long Labor Day ...

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 ...