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

The three detention officers were each charged with misdemeanor assault and relieved of duty after an internal investigation, ...

After conducting an internal investigation, HCSO said it relieved three detention officers of duty for assaulting an inmate ...

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

A January audit of Harris County inmates’ commissary accounts identified critical oversights and financial control failures, including violations of state law and county policies. It’s the latest in a ...

Harris County Jail saw the third-lowest death per capita rate compared to the country's other largest jails. At least 13 people died in 2025 on Rikers Island in New York City, while eight died in ...

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.

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.

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.