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

A new audit found the Harris County Sheriff's Office is allegedly not following state law. The Harris County Office of the ...

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.

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

In Walker County, a viral social media post is drawing attention to a man’s turnaround from being wanted on a warrant to ...

Two transgender men are suing Kansas over a new law that invalidated their driver’s licenses and about 1,700 others for ...

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.

What started as a routine warrant pickup in north Harris County has turned into something much more serious, with deputies ...

After more than six years of investigation, the Killeen Police Department (KPD) announced that murder charges have been filed against two suspects in the death of Gregory Wedel-Morales, a Fort Hood ...