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

The civil rights lawsuit emerged in 2022, nearly a year after 19-year-old 98-pound Fred Harris was attacked and beaten to death inside a jail cell by an inmate nearly twice his size.

Debra Smith, right, whose daughter died in the Harris County Jail, speaks to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez after a Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Austin.

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 ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Families whose loved ones died at Harris County Jail plan to announce they are suing the county on Monday. The video above is from a previous report. In 2022, at least ...

Harris County could spend around $4 million less next fiscal year than it did in 2025 to send more than 1,200 inmates out of state as jail numbers decrease. The sheriff's office last fiscal year ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Harris County Sheriff's Office says there could be more victims tied to an accused serial rapist. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Carl Redfield Jr. was arrested while ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — An investigation is underway after an inmate died as he was being released from the Harris County Jail, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. HCSO said Alexis Jovany ...