Seventy-three percent of inmates in the jail are currently taking psychotropic medication, according to county data, while 77 ...

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 ...

The lawsuit filed Thursday ahead of the anniversary of McGregor's death asserts he stopped eating, drinking and showering as ...

Two men died Wednesday in the Harris County Jail, bringing the total number of in-custody deaths this year to 18, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Kerry Parks, 63, and Tony Davis, 66, ...

The Harris County Jail, recently praised for its care of mentally ill inmates, has been re-accredited for medical treatment by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, according to a ...

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.