Representatives of the Harris County Sheriff's Office told state commissioners on Thursday they plan to create a medical ...

The county has already paid almost $3 million since 2023 to study the Harris County Jail, the state's largest pre-trial detention system, records show.

Harris County commissioners want proposals brought to them ahead of the next budget cycle to address the jail's mental health ...

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 ...

HOUSTON — Harris County commissioners approved hiring 131 additional jailers to help bring back more than 1,200 inmates from out-of-state facilities, but mothers who lost loved ones in custody argue ...

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office officially dedicated a pair of cellblocks on its sixth floor to a program aimed to help troubled military veterans. The program, called “Stars and Stripes,” launched ...

The study is meant to serve as a follow-up to the needs assessment which identified $122 million in immediate Harris County Jail improvement needs such as heating and air conditioning improvements.