Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and inmates not receiving proper medication.

The Houston County Sheriff's Office said that one of their jail staff members was arrested on Friday for bringing a handgun ...

About 20 people jailed for violent and non-violent offenses are expected to be released from the jail. A few inmates had been released from the D.C. jail in Southeast by midday Tuesday ...

Facing funding challenges and growing demands, four volunteer fire departments are banding together to form a new Emergency Services District (ESD), Wise County ESD No. 4. If approved by county ...

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President Yoon Suk Yeol, a former prosecutor, used to put people in jail. Now, after his formal arrest, he himself is in a cell, alone. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul As president of South ...

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been given a 14-year jail sentence in a land corruption case, officials and his lawyer have said. The verdict in the case followed allegations of ...

WISE COUNTY, Texas (KAUZ) - The Wise County Sheriff’s Office seized $1.4 million worth of marijuana following a traffic stop Wednesday night. Sheriff’s deputies confiscated 411 pounds of ...

TARRANT COUNTY — The Tarrant County Sheriff is defending his jail amid protests and calls for change from community members at Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. The contentious ...

NEW FAIRVIEW, Texas — A North Texas fire chief has ... was arrested and booked into the Wise County Jail on Jan. 8, according to the Wise County Sheriff’s Office. Jail records show Wissmann ...

NEW FAIRVIEW, Texas - The fire chief in New Fairview ... He was booked into the Wise County jail this past Wednesday and then released on bond. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, New ...

The Justice Department under the Biden administration has investigated conditions at prisons and jails across the country, including in Texas ... at the Richland County jail and forced staff ...