TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office recently hired Dallas County’s former top jail official to run Tarrant County’s jail system amid scrutiny over a spike in jail ...

Tarrant County recently hired its new jail administrator away from Dallas County. The hire comes amid scrutiny over in-custody deaths at the Tarrant County Jail.

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 ...

(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer) Dallas County’s top jail official has left after just under two years in the role to run Tarrant County’s jail system, officials announced Monday.

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 ...