Harris County commissioners want proposals brought to them ahead of the next budget cycle to address the jail's mental health ...

The county has already paid almost $3 million since 2023 to study the Harris County Jail, the state's largest pre-trial detention system, records show.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is in discussions about converting a floor of the Harris County Jail into a medical wing to provide additional health services to inmates. The revelation comes weeks ...

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 ...

HOUSTON — Harris County commissioners approved hiring 131 additional jailers to help bring back more than 1,200 inmates from out-of-state facilities, but mothers who lost loved ones in custody argue ...

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office officially dedicated a pair of cellblocks on its sixth floor to a program aimed to help troubled military veterans. The program, called “Stars and Stripes,” launched ...

The study is meant to serve as a follow-up to the needs assessment which identified $122 million in immediate Harris County Jail improvement needs such as heating and air conditioning improvements.