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

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

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

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

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

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Sarah Borchgrevink said her brother told her he was worried about his diabetes after turning himself in on a DWI charge at the Harris County Jail last year. "I believe ...

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.

Harris County officials are crediting the use of emergency court dockets for the dwindling jail population this year. But new ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The man who died in a Harris County jail after a fight with his cellmate has donated his organs, according to his family. On Thursday, Fred Harris' family lawyer shared the ...

The Harris County Jail, recently praised for its care of mentally ill inmates, has been re-accredited for medical treatment by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, according to a ...