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 GBI’s West Georgia Gang Task Force arrested 13 people Thursday in connection with a drug trafficking organization.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Three McLennan County Sheriff’s Office jail employees remain free on bond after they were named in sealed indictments on use of excessive force and records tampering allegations ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo speaks about the expansion of the county’s Jail-Based Competency Restoration program at the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD on Feb. 9, 2023. Harris County ...

For more than two decades, he enforced the law in Harris County. On Monday, a sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff's Office found himself on the other side of it—arrested on an out-of-state warrant ...

HCSO says it’s monitoring possible fentanyl supply shifts after a major cartel leader was reported killed in Mexico.

Houston ISD, Katy ISD, and Plano ISD are temporarily banned from enforcing Senate Bill 12 (SB 12). Judge pauses SB 12: What changes for Houston ISD and Katy ISD Read full article: Judge pauses SB 12: ...

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said Tuesday the county has spent $127 million housing state inmates, adding the state should compensate the county.

A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff's Office has been arrested following an undercover investigation into online child exploitation in Florida. According to the sheriff's office in Leon County, ...

PORTER COUNTY, Ind. — A former jail officer in northwestern Indiana has been charged with battery following his termination for a reported use of force violation. According to the Porter County ...