The Texas agency that oversees jail standards is heightening its response to Harris County's years-long struggle to meet ...

Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and inmates not receiving proper medication.

Kristopher McGregor, 39, died Jan. 30 after being in custody at the Harris County Jail for less than a month. He had been ...

HOUSTON ( KIAH ) — The search for an inmate who escaped the Harris County Jail Complex has ended with his capture on Tuesday.

A 38-year-old former Harris County Precinct 4 deputy, who was out on bond for murder, has picked up five new felony charges for violent crimes.

A 39-year-old man died in a Houston hospital last week after experiencing an unspecified medical emergency inside Harris County Jail. Kristopher McGregor died on Jan. 30, according to the Harris ...

The 78-year-old attorney who was accused of smuggling drug-laced papers into the Harris County Jail has died. According to ABC13's news partners at the Houston Chronicle, Ronald Lewis died of ...

A 78-year-old criminal defense attorney accused of smuggling drug-laced documents to inmates in Harris County Jail died from ...

Ezequiel Perez is charged with injury to a child. Perez has been booked into the Harris County Jail. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - One man is facing charges in Harris County after being accused of ...

Ezequiel Perez is charged with injury to a child. Perez has been booked into the Harris County Jail. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - One man is facing charges in Harris County after being accused of assaulting ...

The move escalates the state’s efforts to improve conditions in Harris County’s jail system, which has struggled to comply with a remedial order since 2023.