The administration appears set to end federal oversight of police, including agencies that have committed systemic civil ...

Elon Musk has claimed that "basically no one has gotten fired" through the sweeping federal cuts and mass layoffs. Follow ...

Harris County's next step in addressing its overcrowded, understaffed jail may be building a new facility to provide mental ...

A U.S. district judge ruled that two former Harris County jail guards can be held individually liable for the 2022 death of ...

Scott Evan Shepple was last seen at the Cypress Creek Behavioral Hospital in Houston at 8:45 a.m. on Monday after he was ...

Evan Griffin Lee was arrested in Arcola, then was later declared brain-dead and died on March 18, 2022. His mother, Rev. Jacilet Griffin, continues to demand answers and advocate for jail reform.

For the first time in about two decades, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is reconfiguring its patrol districts.

a veteran of the Harris County Sheriff's Office, whose death last week was ruled a suicide by the county medical examiner. Her passing marks the fourth suicide in just six weeks among current and ...

Herklotz has taken the reins of the fourth-largest county jail in the state after leading jail systems in Harris and Dallas counties, which rank one and two in jail capacity, respectively.

Harris County will hire 150 more detention officers and 25 deputies in a move to alleviate mandatory overtime requirements in the chronically overcrowded and understaffed Harris County Jail.