Authorities in Clearfield County say three men, from Buffalo, New York, are behind bars after they reportedly led police on a ...

Constable Mark Herman's office state 28-year-old Tarik Exavier Jammer has been booked into Harris County Jail and charged with sexual performance of a child. Investigators report that on Thursday ...

Harris County's next step in addressing its overcrowded, understaffed jail may be building a facility to provide mental health services to those awaiting trial, but jail reform activists say it ...

Harris County officials are reeling from the news that a man named Edric Wilson spent almost two decades in the Harris County Jail waiting for a trial, underscoring the consequences that can ...

The Harris County Jail will hire 150 detention officers and 25 deputies this year after commissioners approved $2.85 million in spending, a move the sheriff's office says will decrease the heavy ...

A 23-year-old inmate awaiting his acceptance to a drug treatment facility died in the Harris County Jail this week, marking the fourth inmate death reported in the county this year. Eric Jackson ...

The Texas Attorney General's Office will now take action to ensure the Harris County Jail gets into compliance. 13 Investigates first reported on the jail's compliance issues in September 2022.

The Texas agency overseeing jail standards will heighten its response to Harris County's years-long struggle to meet state guidelines and tackle overcrowding — less than a month after it was ...

The Harris County Jail has failed yet another state safety inspection after the recent death of a prisoner was tied to a lapse in observational rounds. Inspectors with the Texas Commission on Jail ...

Texas — A KHOU 11 investigation into inmates struck in the head at the Harris County Jail is getting results. The documentary, STRUCK: Inside the Harris County Jail, uncovered 810 incidents of ...

For nearly three years, hundreds of Harris County jail inmates have been sent to out-of-state facilities, as part of an effort to keep the local jail population down and in compliance with state ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Former detention officers at the Harris County Jail are hoping for change to keep staff and inmates safe inside the jail's walls. Two former detention officers sat ...