HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A man has been arrested after another man he hired to help him move furniture found a body in some ...

A Harris County grand jury has indicted two detention officers over the past two months for allegedly assaulting inmates at ...

The Texas House on Monday approved a series of restrictive bail measures long sought by Gov. Greg Abbott, likely assuring the ...

The county has failed to comply with Texas' mandated ratio of one detention officer for every 48 inmates, Sheriff Byron Lyons ...

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards requires "one jailer on each floor where 10 or more inmates are housed, with no less ...

The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the ...

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare will announce progress on addressing the county's mental health incarceration ...

On Tuesday night voters in Madison County approved a 1% sales tax increase to cover the operations and maintenance of the new ...

"You look at Harris County. You look at pretty ... facility or other facilities," Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons said. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards requires "one jailer on each floor ...