The Texas agency overseeing jail standards will heighten its response to Harris County's years-long struggle to meet state ...

Kristopher McGregor, 39, died Jan. 30 after being in custody at the Harris County Jail for less than a month. He had been ...

Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and ...

The family of a man who died in the custody of the Harris County Jail last month, is teaming up with others to raise their concerns about standards within Texas’ largest jail to the Office of the ...

One of the prisoners died after being transferred to a private prison in Louisiana, an ongoing practice used to address ...

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.

Eric Latroy Brown, 40, is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of aggravated robbery after a student was attacked around 5:30 p.m. last Friday.

The move escalates the state’s efforts to improve conditions in Harris County’s jail system, which has struggled to comply ...

HOUSTON ( KIAH ) — The search for an inmate who escaped the Harris County Jail Complex has ended with his capture on Tuesday.

Andrew Taake, 36, was captured by Texas authorities over allegations he sent sexually explicit messages to an undercover cop ...

A 38-year-old former Harris County Precinct 4 deputy, who was out on bond for murder, has picked up five new felony charges for violent crimes.

The Mexico native has been convicted of several crimes, including voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault with a weapon, ...