Dallas Contacts

(see also: Texas and Federal Contacts)

Dallas County Jail Contacts
(TJP verified Jan 12th, 2010)

  • Sheriff’s Dept. Main Line: (214) 761-9025
    (Eight menu options on this line include TX Victim Information and Notification Everyday System, Status of Offender, Processing, Locating an inmate, Offender privileges, Jail locations, Visiting Hours, Court dates, Information on bonds etc. Not sure how many operators work on this line but keep trying and you should be able to speak to a real person. If you can’t, try the Deputy Sheriff’s office or the Jail Commander’s office and explain that you couldn’t get info & say pretty please!)
  • Executive Chief Jesse Flores(second in command to the Sheriff): (214)-653-2901
  • Jail Commander: (214) 653-2601
  • For Medical Records: Tina Hill (214) 875-2517 (Ms.Hill confirmed on Jan.22nd 2010 that she’s the official to be contacted for release of inmate medical records.)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  • Dallas County Director of Criminal Justice
    Ron Stretcher
    OFFICE: 469-385-1720
    (In Oct. ’07 Mr. Stretcher confirmed that he is the one to contact with any concerns regarding conditions in DCJ. While verifying on Jan 12th 2010 we got his voice mail).

  • Laura Hines
    One of two deputies to the Sheriff
    Technical Services Bureau
    Dallas County Sheriff’s Department
    OFFICE: 214-234-1498
    OFFICE: 214-653-2603
    Email Id: lhines@dallascounty.org
    (She is responsible for inmates getting their meds regularly & on time, and she handles problems related to that.)

  • Sheriff Lupe Valdez
    Dallas County
    Frank Crowly Courts Bldg.
    133 N. Industrial Blvd. LB31, 1st Fl.
    Dallas TX 75207-4313
    office: 214 653-03450
    FAX: 214-653-3420
    E-MAIL: chill@dallascounty.org
    (address e-mail for Sheriff to executive assistant, Cozuella Hill)

  • District Attorney
    Craig Watkins
    Frank Crowley Courts Building
    133 N Industrial Blvd, LB 19
    Dallas, Texas 75207-4399
    OFFICE: 214-653-3600
    FAX: 214-653-5774

  • Ms. Maurine Dickey
    Dallas County Commissioner District 1
    2311 Joe Field Rd.
    Dallas, TX 75229
    OFFICE: 972-247-1735
    FAX: 972-406-0615
    E-MAIL: mdickey@dallascounty.org

  • Mr. Mike Cantrell
    Dallas County Commissioner District 2
    411 Elm St.
    Dallas, TX 75202
    OFFICE: 214-653-7361, 972.240.1740
    FAX: 972.240.1749
    E-MAIL: mcantrell@dallascounty.org

  • Mr. John Wiley Price
    Dallas County Commissioner District 3
    AND Chairman of the Commissioners’ Jail Population Committee
    1506 E. Langdon Rd.
    Dallas, TX 75216
    OFFICE: 214-653-6671
    FAX: 214-653-7057
    E-MAIL: jprice@dallascounty.org

  • Mr. Kenneth A. Mayfield
    Dallas County Commissioner District 4
    411 Elm St.
    Dallas, TX 75202
    OFFICE: 214-653-6670, 214-339-8381
    HOME: 972-291-4413
    FAX: 214-653-7057
    E-MAIL: kmayfield@dallascounty.org

  • The Honorable Jim Foster
    Presiding Officer
    Dallas County Commissioners Court
    411 Elm St.
    Dallas, TX 75202
    OFFICE: 214-653-7361
    FAX: 214-653-7057
    E-MAIL: jfoster@dallascounty.org

  • Shay W. Cathey
    Executive Assistant to Dallas County Judge Jim Foster
    Dallas County Commissioners Court
    411 Elm St., 2nd Floor
    Dallas, Texas 75202
    214.653.7949
    214.653.6586/fax
    Email: SCathey@dallascounty.org

HEALTH & WELFARE LIAISONS

  • State Hospital Liaison (for mentally ill) to the Jail
    Rebecca Hallmark
    Dallas Area NorthSTAR Authority
    Toll free # is: 877-653-6363, extension 108
    E-MAIL:


  • Parkland Memorial Hospital
    • Parkland’s Liaison for the Jail:
      Ms. Sharon Phillips, R.N., MBA
      Sr. V.P. COPC/EPO/OHS & Wellness/Jail Health
      Parkland Health & Hospital System
      Dallas, TX 75235
      OFFICE: 214-590-0104
      OFFICE: 214-590-0173
      FAX: 214-590-0173
      E-MAIL: SPHILL@parknet.pmh.org

    • Parkland’s Liaison with their Board of Managers:
      Jan Coder, OFFICE: 214-590-8078
      E-MAIL: jcoder@parknet.pmh.org

    • Parkland’s Corporate Communications Dept:
      Robert Behrens, Public Relations Specialist
      OFFICE: 214-590-8054
      FAX: 214-590-2740
      E-MAIL: RBEHRE@parknet.pmh.org

    • Ms. April Foran, Director
      E-MAIL: aforan@parknetpmh.org

MEDIA

  • Scott Henson
    (“Grits For Breakfast” blog)

    http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/


  • Matt Pulle, Staff Writer
    The Dallas Observer
    P.O. Box 190289
    Dallas, TX 75219-0289
    OFFICE: 214-757-8424
    FAX: 214-757-8590
    E-MAIL: matt.pulle@dallasobserver.com

  • Mr. Kevin Krause
    Dallas Morning News
    E-MAIL: kkrause@dallasnews.com
    (Wrote 12/13/2006 article: “Feds detail fatal dangers at jail: suit threatened over care, Dallas County officials say conditions improving”)

  • Sherry Jacobson
    Dallas Morning News
    Local News Columnist
    E-MAIL: sjacobson@dallasnews.com
    (Wrote 12/23/2006 article: “No party has lock on jail’s woes.” Article is about Kenn S. George, the GOP’s leader in Dallas County, writing a letter to the editor and blaming Sheriff Valdez, a Democrat, for all of the health-related problems at the jail. A quote from this article: “Never mind that her predecessor, Jim Bowles, a Republican, was master of the county jail for two decades, a period pockmarked with similar accusations of improper care and conditions.”

  • Jaime S. Jordan
    Web Editor
    Dallas Business Journal
    12801 North Central Expressway, Ste. 800
    Dallas, Texas 75243-1862
    OFFICE: 214-706-7106
    FAX: 214-696-1486
    E-MAIL: jsjordan@bizjournals.com
    (Wrote 12/14/06 article, “DOJ slams conditions at Dallas County Jail”.)

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

  • Ms. Janie Metzinger
    Public Policy Director
    Mental Health Assn. of Greater Dallas
    624 N. Good-Latimer, Ste. 200
    Dallas, TX 75204
    OFFICE: 214-871-2420 ext. 114
    FAX: 214-954-0611
    E-MAIL: jmetzinger@mhadallas.org


  • Scott Medlock
    Prisoners’ Rights Attorney
    Texas Civil Rights Project
    1405 Montopolis Drive
    Austin, TX 78741
    OFFICE: 512-474-5073 ext. 105
    E-MAIL: Scott@texascivilrightsproject.org
    WEBSITE: http://www.texascivilrightsproject.org/
    (Call on Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. for initial screening; this is a requirement before they will discuss your case!)

  • Mr. Dominic Gonzales, Director
    Fair Defense Project
    Texas Criminal Justice Coalition
    P.O. Box 301587
    Austin, TX 78708-0027
    OFFICE: 512-441-8123
    E-MAIL: info@fairdefense.org
    WEBSITE: http://www.criminaljusticecoalition.org/

ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES

  • David Finn, Esq.
    Principal Office: Dallas, Texas
    2828 N. Harwood, Suite 1950
    Dallas, TX. 75201
    OFFICE: (214) 651-1121
    E-MAIL: JudgeFinn@DavidFinn.com

  • Fort Worth Office
    One Summit Avenue, Suite 906
    Fort Worth, Texas 76102
    OFFICE: (817) 460-LAWS
    OFFICE: (817) 460-5297
    David Finn’s blog: http://dallascriminaldefenselawyer.blogspot.com/

  • Jeff Kobs, Esq. (Represented Mims)
    Kobs, Haney & Hundley
    Sundance Sq., 115 W. Second St., Ste. 204
    Fort Worth, TX 76102
    OFFICE: 817-332-5956
    FAX: 817-332-2899

  • Russell Wilson II
    E-MAIL: attyrwilson@msn.com