A Texas law enforcement agency is facing backlash after posting — and then deleting — a mugshot that many online say crossed a line. Earlier this week, Harris County Constable Precinct 2 shared a ...

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 ...

Debra Smith, right, whose daughter died in the Harris County Jail, speaks to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez after a Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Austin.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Families whose loved ones died at Harris County Jail plan to announce they are suing the county on Monday. The video above is from a previous report. In 2022, at least ...

An inmate died Thursday at the Harris County Jail after contracting bacterial meningitis, a life-threatening infection, according to the sheriff's office. The 53-year-old man, who was not identified ...

Billy Ray Turner and Pebbles Girardi were both pronounced dead while in custody at Harris County Jail on Friday. According to officials, both inmates suffered from an apparent medical emergency.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — An investigation is underway after an inmate died as he was being released from the Harris County Jail, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. HCSO said Alexis Jovany ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Sarah Borchgrevink said her brother told her he was worried about his diabetes after turning himself in on a DWI charge at the Harris County Jail last year. "I believe ...

The Harris County Jail is doing a better job watching over its inmates, but new complaints about the facility’s fire alarm system mean it’s still out of compliance with state standards, according to ...

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 ...