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

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

While working as a detention officer at the Harris County jail, the 22-year-old was caught on video pushing a handcuffed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another prisoner has died while in custody at the Harris County Jail, marking the third reported ... according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. He was declared dead at 6:41 p.m. Jan ...

Recent incidents include inmate suicides and overdoses ... Two more men have died at the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office — the agency charged with overseeing ...