The three detention officers were each charged with misdemeanor assault and relieved of duty after an internal investigation, ...

Harris County approved a $1.25 million settlement in the 2021 jail killing of Fred Harris. The county admitted no wrongdoing in the agreement.

After conducting an internal investigation, HCSO said it relieved three detention officers of duty for assaulting an inmate ...

A kiosk for inmates to charge their cell phones upon their release from the jail is located in the re-entry services area of the jail, which closes at 5 p.m. during weekdays.

A Texas law enforcement agency is facing backlash after posting — and then deleting — a mugshot that many online say crossed a line. Earlier this week, Harris County Constable Precinct 2 shared a ...

The civil rights lawsuit emerged in 2022, nearly a year after 19-year-old 98-pound Fred Harris was attacked and beaten to death inside a jail cell by an inmate nearly twice his size.

"According to this, none of the payments made during the period they examined were substantiated," said Todd Buikema, a ...

HOUSTON, Texas – Houston police are investigating the death of an inmate who died at Ben Taub Hospital last week. On Wednesday, Dec. 17, 47-year-old Christopher Mendez was pronounced dead at Ben Taub ...

Twenty people died in 2025 in the Harris County Jail, the state's largest pre-trial detention system, which has faced years of understaffing, overcrowding and wrongful death lawsuits. The death toll ...

Faced with overcrowded jails, officials in Houston have partnered with prison companies to help manage inmates, sometimes ...

Three Harris County detention officers have been charged after allegedly being involved in an incident that caused bodily ...