According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the inmate experienced an unknown medical emergency before he was taken to ...

A 29-year-old man held in the Harris County Jail on a felony aggravated-assault-with-a-deadly-weapon charge died Thursday ...

Two more people died inside the Harris County Jail last week, bringing the total of in-custody deaths this year to 15, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said that ...

An inmate died Thursday at the Harris County Jail after contracting bacterial meningitis, a life-threatening infection, according to the sheriff’s office. The 53-year-old man, who was not identified ...

The Harris County Jail was found to be in compliance with state standards during an inspection conducted this week, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, which operates the downtown Houston ...

The announcement at a Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting in Austin was met with applause from the crowd, some of whom were family members of people who have died in the Harris County Jail in ...

A mother is in the Harris County Jail, and her girlfriend is wanted after being accused of abusing a two-year-old and a three-year-old, and then trying to conceal it from law enforcement, records show ...

HOUSTON — A 53-year-old inmate at the Harris County Jail died at a local hospital after contracting bacterial meningitis, prompting quarantine measures and a contact tracing effort by public health ...