A Harris County Jail inmate died from what the Harris County Sheriff’s Office calls “an apparent medical emergency” on ...

The event was the idea of Texans players who partnered with the Harris County Sheriff's Office to help create a meaningful ...

The sheriff's office previously told inspectors that inmates were responsible for damaging the fire panels, according to ...

The deficiencies leave the state's largest county jail system, where another inmate died this week, out of compliance with ...

Harris County officials are warning that Texas's new bail rules could quickly refill local jails just as the county has ...

If you’re too poor to afford a good lawyer in Houston’s Harris County Jail in Texas, the odds are sorely stacked against you.

New data shows court speed is stabilizing the Harris County Jail population, but officials warn Prop 3 will require a major, funded effort to maintain the pace.

The Harris County Jail is in compliance with state standards for the first time in several months after passing a state inspection. The jail had been out of compliance since January, when it was ...

HOUSTON – A Harris County medical examiner has ruled the manner of death of a 32-year-old man involved in a struggle with detention officers while being escorted out of the Harris County Jail a ...

HOUSTON – The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says a 53-year-old man who was in custody at the Harris County Jail died at a hospital Thursday after contracting bacterial meningitis. The man, whose ...