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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...