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

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 ...

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) ...

Tarrant County recently hired its new jail administrator away from Dallas County. The hire comes amid scrutiny over ...

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 ...

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

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn gives county commissioners a briefing on recent deaths in the county jail on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Herklotz’s hire came as Tarrant County faced increased scrutiny over rising in-custody deaths. In 2024, eight inmates died in custody at the jail. Since 2017, more than 65 inmates have died in ...

The role Shannon Herklotz assumed in Tarrant County earlier ... The downtown jail, among other issues, was facing overcrowding and was shipping some inmates to facilities in West Texas and Louisiana.

Activists protest the deaths at the Tarrant County Jail and call for Sheriff Bill Waybourn ... called for the release of Kai’Yere Campbell, a 21-year-old inmate who has the mental capacity ...

Hermes is now in custody at the Tarrant County Jail, according to the county’s online inmate lookup. He was booked for disrupting a meeting or procession. He was also arrested last year at UTA ...

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 ...