The three detention officers were each charged with misdemeanor assault and relieved of duty after an internal investigation, ...

The civil rights lawsuit emerged in 2022, nearly a year after 19-year-old 98-pound Fred Harris was attacked and beaten to death inside a jail cell by an inmate nearly twice his size.

Harris County approved a $1.25 million settlement in the 2021 jail killing of Fred Harris. The county admitted no wrongdoing in the agreement.

Alexis Cardenas died July 8 after an altercation with detention officers who were attempting to escort him out of the jail.

A kiosk for inmates to charge their cell phones upon their release from the jail is located in the re-entry services area of the jail, which closes at 5 p.m. during weekdays.

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 ...

A murder suspect was allowed to walk out of the Harris County Jail hours before or after a murder charge was filed against ...

Faced with overcrowded jails, officials in Houston have partnered with prison companies to help manage inmates, sometimes ...