The announcement at a Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting in Austin on Thursday morning was met with applause from the ...

Though commissioners recognized the county jail's improvements and efforts to reduce the total inmate population, its ...

Nearly 1,300 Harris County inmates are awaiting trial in out-of-state private facilities due to chronic overcrowding and understaffing at Harris County Jail, according to new data from the sheriff's ...

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 ...

The Texas Rangers are investigating after a 52-year-old Harris County Jail inmate died on Tuesday. It marks the sixth in-custody death reported this year. Jose Jorge Cisneros was transported from the ...

New allegations are detailed in a lawsuit claiming a Houston man was beaten to death by guards in a private Louisiana jail.

HOUSTON, Texas — A 17-minute jail surveillance video released by the Harris County Sheriff's Office on Friday shows what happened leading up to an inmate's death. His family disagrees with the ...

An escaped Harris County Prison inmate was taken back into custody after a resident saw him naked and flagging down vehicles, according to authorities. The Criminal Investigations Division of the ...

An inmate who was mistakenly released from the Harris County Jail was arrested Thursday in southeast Florida after a days-long manhunt. Troy Dugas, 36, was captured in Fort Lauderdale after he was ...