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

Alexis Cardenas died July 8 after an altercation with detention officers who were attempting to escort him out of the jail.

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.

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

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — Houston County Jail is nearing its maximum capacity of 665 inmates, with the number of people incarcerated climbing amid a significant rise in crime this year. Currently, 647 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Police Department is investigating an inmate's death, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Christopher Mendez, 47, suffered an apparent medical ...

The employee was terminated, Benge said. He did not identify the jailer.

A former Harris County jail guard was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication, months after he was indicted on misdemeanor assault charges after he was accused of beating two female inmates.