Facing a pending lawsuit from the California Attorney General's office over dire conditions in the jail system, officials at ...

Mayor Lee Harris said the state owes nearly $30 million for inmate housing costs and warned that the lack of repayment threatens the County's budget.

The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association is warning its members after another lawyer was tricked into smuggling drug-laced paper into the Harris County Jail.

A 40-year-old woman was arrested for shoplifting and drug possession at a local Target, according to Harris County Precinct 2 ...

Constable's office posted photos after a warrant service on FM 1960. Alleged charge: assault family member with previous ...

Representatives of the Harris County Sheriff's Office told state commissioners on Thursday they plan to create a medical ...

A new division at the Harris County Jail seeks to improve medical care inside the state's largest pre-trial detention lockup.

The lawsuit names Harris County, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez and the jail's medical director. McGregor was among the 20 inmates who ...

Charles Victor Thompson was executed for the 1998 murders of his ex-girlfriend Glenda Dennise Hayslip and her new boyfriend ...

ATLANTA — A former nurse contractor who worked at the Fulton County Jail is now a resident there after she was found to be having a relationship with an inmate and was smuggling marijuana into the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is escalating the ongoing GOP battle against Harris County elections—this time, threatening a state takeover of operations and potential legal charges. "They should be stripped of the ...

Twenty people died in 2025 in the Harris County Jail, the state's largest pre-trial detention system, which has faced years of understaffing, overcrowding and wrongful death lawsuits. The death toll ...