A former Harris County jail guard was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication, months after he was indicted on ...

Texas authorities are searching for an inmate who they say was "mistakenly" released from jail this weekend. According to a Monday statement from the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the incident ...

Harris County Jail, the state’s largest jail system, has struggled for years to meet minimum state standards due to chronic overcrowding and staffing issues. The sheriff’s office has been the subject ...

Kerry Parks, 63, and Tony Davis, 66, died Wednesday after they both experienced apparent medical emergencies inside the jail, ...

Court records show the plea resolves an indictment that accused Ortiz of assaults in October 2023 and January 2024. The judge ...