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

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. In a news release, ...

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 ...

And he's getting a sizable pay raise to make the switch. Shannon Herklotz officially became Tarrant County’s executive jail administrator in December. The job had been vacant since May ...

At left is Shannon Herklotz, then an assistant director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. (Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer) Dallas County’s top jail official has left after just ...

During the first meeting of the year at Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court, emotions ran high as Sheriff Bill Waybourn along with other officials gave an update about recent jail deaths. Two people ...

Shannon Herklotz, Dallas County's Detention Services Chief Deputy, left Dallas last month to become Tarrant County’s day-to-day operations jail administrator. The Chief Deputy who helped improve ...

Shannon Herklotz has been named the new executive chief deputy over the Tarrant County Jail. Courtesy of Tarrant County Sheriff's Office The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has hired a new ...

Tarrant County Commissioners will meet to discuss another inmate's death at the jail. Protestors will also be there. Here's ...

Shannon Herklotz has been hired as the jail's new executive chief of detention, a role previously vacant, TCSO announced Monday. “Shannon brings more than three decades of detention experience ...

Tarrant County recently hired a new chief to oversee the jail system. Shannon Herklotz previously worked for the Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.

In a news release, Sheriff Bill E. Waybourn said Shannon Herklotz brings more than three decades of detention experience to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office. "We are lucky to have him ...