The deaths were the first to be reported since January by the Harris County Sheriff's Office, which operates the downtown Houston jail. Earlier this year, the jail was found to be in compliance with ...

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 ...

Records show four people have died in jail custody so far this year.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo speaks about the expansion of the county’s Jail-Based Competency Restoration program at the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD on Feb. 9, 2023. Harris County ...

The Harris County Jail is doing a better job watching over its inmates, but new complaints about the facility’s fire alarm system mean it’s still out of compliance with state standards, according to ...

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 ...