The 20-year-old man, who police believe shot and killed an innocent driver in southwest Houston on Thursday and then carjacked another driver to get away, cut a deal to avoid prison two years ago and ...

The family of Jaleen Anderson, a 29-year-old man who died at a private Louisiana jail facility after being outsourced from ...

A man who remained incarcerated months after a judge sentenced him to probation filed a federal lawsuit against Dallas County ...

Harris County's next step in addressing its overcrowded, understaffed jail may be building a facility to provide mental health services to those awaiting trial, but jail reform activists say it ...

The fatal overdose of a homeless man at a Sacramento County jail is one of multiple deaths in which staff have been accused of medical neglect. By Christopher Damien Christopher Damien is ...

One in every 10 inmates held in the Harris County Jail in Texas has a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold, according to a Fox News open records request. An ICE hold, or detainer ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- As ABC13 monitors the situation at the Harris County Jail, the Jail Standards Commission held its quarterly meeting in Austin on Thursday, and the update is not good.

Spending $50 million to send local inmates to facilities outside of Harris County has helped bring the state's largest jail closer to meeting state guidelines, local officials told the Texas ...

HOUSTON – A Harris County Jail inmate with a pre-existing medical condition died at a hospital while in jail custody on Sunday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. Oscar Villazana ...

HOUSTON — A Houston civil rights attorney and his team are filing a lawsuit against the Harris County Jail on behalf of families who say their loved ones were beaten to death while in custody.

Another Harris County Jail detainee died on Tuesday, marking the jail's sixth death of the year. Robert Terry, 32, was booked into Harris County Jail on Saturday and perished three days later ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Harris County Commissioners Court approved funding Tuesday that will allow the sheriff’s office to offer a retention incentive for detention officers. It’s all part of ...