The Baker Street Jail now has a wing dedicated to inmates who require frequent medical attention, according to the HCSO. The ...

The downtown 1200 Baker St. jail, among the largest jails in the country, is undergoing renovations to improve medical ...

Harris County Jail in Houston converts a floor into a medical unit to provide care for inmates with chronic health needs, ...

Harris County commissioners have authorized a $38 million contract to continue outsourcing more than 1,000 jail inmates to private detention facilities, some of which are involved in wrongful death ...

A man who escaped Madison Parish Sheriff's Office back in July has been arrested in Harris County.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- For years, the Harris County Sheriff's Office has sent inmates out of state due to a lack of bed space and overcrowding at the Harris County jail. In a $38 million new ...

Texas Jail Project co-founder Krish Gurdu testifies before the State Commission on Jail Standards. Credit: Screenshot Krish Gundu looks at a March 12 email declaring that — after more than a year of ...

What used to be a place to hold people awaiting court has quietly transformed into something far more complex. Inside the ...

Harris County commissioners are expected to discuss the county's policies regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a ...

The voter registration deadline is April 27.

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies and correctional officers regained control of a county jail housing unit after a disturbance broke out during a planned search for contraband on Friday, Sheriff Levon ...

Texas’ highest criminal court has overturned the death sentence of Clarence Curtis Jordan, who was on death row for nearly 50 years. Jordan was convicted in 1978 of murdering a Houston grocer. He ...