Sen. Paul Bettencourt is asking a judge to look into a whistleblower's complaints after learning only one out of four water tanks are being used because the other three have rusted over.

A national nonprofit that aids low-income people behind bars is reopening its Atlanta branch.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has until the end of the month to show state regulators how they plan to move more inmates to other facilities.

The mother of the inmate who died over the weekend said her son had mental issues that the jail knew about, and he was being bullied after being placed in general population.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the Harris County jail facility located on San Jacinto Street has lost electrical power.

Harris County families are asking for ‘justice’ after they said their family members died while in jail custody.

A man who died Tuesday after being rushed by ambulance to the hospital from the Harris County Jail, will not be labeled an “in-custody death” because the man was technically released from the jail before he died.

Attorneys and families have filed a lawsuit against the Harris County Jail and are calling for a federal investigation after six inmates have died this year.

Wednesday, we are asking the county’s top leader what is being done to address deaths at the Harris County Jail. The most recent death happened on Tuesday.

An inmate has been reported dead after apparently suffering from a medical emergency in the Harris County Jail earlier this month.

The four Mississippi inmates have been on the run since Saturday night.

A Houston mother is turning her pain into purpose after her son died while in custody at the Harris County Jail in March of 2022.

On Tuesday, the Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approved $7.4 million to allow for improvements at the Harris County Jail.

A Houston mother is calling for changes at the Harris County jail after her son died almost a year ago at the facility.

A mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit after her son died in Alabama, alleging that the man was left naked in jail for days until he was transported “limp” and “not alert and conscious” to a hospital.

There have been complaints of overcrowding, long jail stays, and understaffing for months at the Harris County Jail on Baker Street downtown.

A federal jury convicted a man on Wednesday for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Rapper Meek Mill is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to supporting causes that he is passionate about.

The attorney for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer says his client should not be sentenced to life in prison because prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader."

There's no dispute about some of the evidence in the trial of two men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

Defense lawyers have rested their case in the trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor.

Prosecutors have rested their case against two men on trial for a second time in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

A jury in western Michigan has heard from two key witnesses in the trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

Defense attorneys have grilled an FBI informant in the trial of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

An FBI agent who works undercover has told jurors about a ride to see Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's vacation home in 2020.

A second trial is underway for two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said a computer system went down last Thursday, an issue which continued into the weekend, leading to a backup and some defendants being released from the joint processing center.

Harris County commissioners recently approved spending $3.8 million to extend a lease agreement with the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation.

Civil rights attorney Randall Kallinen and the family of a 19-year-old man with special needs who was recently killed in the Harris County Jail cried out for justice Wednesday at a press conference held on the steps of the facility.

A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on federal hate crimes charges.

An Iowa woman has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes for intentionally driving her SUV into two children in 2019 because she said she thought one was Mexican and the other was a member of the Islamic State group.

A sheriff in Texas has fired seven officers involved in the in-custody death of a Black jail inmate in Texas whose family members say may have been suffering a mental health crisis.

HOUSTON – Harris County Jail is not immune to the pandemic as COVID-19 numbers increase statewide, officials said. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said they’re doing their best to reduce the spread while some loved ones of inmates say they’re a little concerned. Harris County is at the top. "Well we’re the largest county jail in Texas by far, said Jason Spencer, a spokesman for HCSO. So, it would make sense that we would have a significant number of people test positive for COVID within the jail.”The Harris County Sheriff’s Office runs the jail in downtown Houston.

HOUSTON – Despite the growing number of jail inmates testing positive for COVID-19, officials with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office believe mass testing is helping slow the spread of the virus behind bars. “We are not seeing an increase in the number of those who are actually sick,” said Jason Spencer, with HCSO. Spencer said 593 inmates have tested positive, 150 are asymptomatic and 14 have been hospitalized. Spencer said 220 members of the jail staff have tested positive, 80 have returned to work. In fact, Spencer said the number of employees returning to work now outpaces those testing positive for the virus.

HOUSTON – An inmate released under a short-lived order by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus in Harris County Jail, was arrested Tuesday and faces new charges. According to the Harris County Justice Administration Department (JAD), 12 men were released under Hidalgo’s order before it was blocked by a felony court judge. “There is no issue more politicized than whether or not inmates, who constitute a potential danger to Harris county citizens and Texans, ought to be released from confinement,” said Wice. “It wouldn’t have met the jail standards for even the level of minimum security jail,” said Hidalgo. We’d have to arrest everybody in Harris County to make sure nobody is going to get in any sort of trouble,” said Hidalgo.

HOUSTON – Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez is asking a federal court judge to step in if a compromise can’t be reached regarding the release of about 1,000 non-violent inmates from the Harris County Jail. On Friday, the Sheriff began releasing inmates under Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s order. According to the county’s Justice Administration Department, 12 inmates were released under Hidalgo’s order, when state court judge Herb Ritchie issued a counter-order disregard Hidalgo’s directive. According to data from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, of the 7,599 inmates currently in jail, 3.2% face misdemeanor charges. As of our deadline, county officials have not yet said whether there will be an appeal of Judge Ritchie’s order.

HOUSTON – Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo issued an order for the sheriff to begin releasing certain non-violent inmates from the county jail as soon as possible. The judge’s order does also require inmates to be screened for symptoms of COVID-19 and cleared by a medical professional before release. "Before anyone is released, prosecutors, defense attorneys, Harris County Pretrial Services, and the Harris County Justice Administration Department will review each individual case to verify the person qualifies. Even during the public health crisis of COVID-19, HCSO officers and staff bravely serve every day to keep Harris County safe. Pre-Trial Releases:6,303 are currently in the Harris County Jail awaiting trial.