Officials with the office cited a pending criminal investigation in trying to shield information about Deven Ortiz.

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

A former Harris County detention officer who switched departments just weeks after being caught on camera violently slamming a woman to the ground was able to secure a job at the Houston Police ...

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

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.

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

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

Another inmate at the Shelby County Jail, oftentimes referred to as 201 Poplar, died at the hospital after being found "unresponsive" in his cell, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said in a ...