After three members of the public were detained at the Tarrant County Commissioners Court last week, officials are proposing ...

A 51-year-old inmate in the Tarrant County Jail died Monday, officials said, the latest in a string of inmate deaths in recent years at the jail. According to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office ...

Jail cells at the Tarrant County Corrections Center in Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Chris Torres/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) ...

Later during general public comments, gun rights activist Christopher J. Grisham was removed from the court after using ...

Yancy had underlying health issues and struggled with drug addiction, a condition shared by 80% of Tarrant County Jail inmates, Waybourn told commissioners. He died after collapsing in his cell ...

The former head of the Tarrant County Jail retired last May after a series of inmate deaths, including Anthony Johnson's. Two jailers have been charged with murder in his death. "I'm not out to ...

A Tarrant County spokesperson said Herklotz would not ... was facing overcrowding and was shipping some inmates to facilities in West Texas and Louisiana. “I have no regrets and there is very ...

In 1982, the state executed Charlie Brooks, who had also been convicted in Tarrant County for the 1976 murder of a used car lot attendant. He was the first death row inmate in the U.S. to die by ...

On Jan. 5, President Joe Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act. The Social Security trust fund that pays benefits to retired workers, spouses, and survivors was already on pace to ...

FORT WORTH – The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office has appointed a new chief jailer to oversee a facility that has faced significant criticism for the high number of inmate deaths in recent years.

Shannon Herklotz is the new person in charge of day-to-day jail operations in Tarrant County, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. He previously worked for the Dallas County ...