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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 Jail failed to pass a state inspection this month after inspectors found that inmates were occasionally not taken to doctors' appointments or the emergency room. The jail was also ...

If you’re too poor to afford a good lawyer in Houston’s Harris County Jail in Texas, the odds are sorely stacked against you. In misdemeanor cases, Harris County inmates plead guilty 84% of the time ...

A criminal defense attorney charged with sexual assault of a woman he met at a Houston nightclub was convicted by a jury after an earlier set of jurors failed to agree on the case.

HOUSTON — A Harris County Sheriff's Office sergeant was arrested in Texas and booked into jail on a warrant issued by the Leon County Sheriff's Office in Florida following an undercover investigation ...