Lock said he isn't asking the sheriff's office to bring out-of-state inmates back to Harris County Jail, but simply back to Texas, where commissioners set the standards. He also questioned whether ...

Four current and former sheriff’s deputies from Harris County Sheriff’s Department in Houston, Texas have died by suicide since February — including three in a span of one week, according to ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK ... they're able to give raises on the backs of county dollars, which jeopardizes the sheriff's office, our constables," Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley ...

The Harris County Sheriff's Office confirmed one of its deputy sheriffs died last week following an alert from the Texas Center for the Missing. Deputy Christina Kohler, 37, died Thursday in the ...

The Texas Senate on Tuesday ... Eckhardt also said that for Harris County, the cost of a 287(g) agreement could initially cost $1.67 million. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office, which serves ...

Texas commissioners overseeing jail standards questioned an apparent lack of effort by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office to bring home more than a thousand inmates outsourced to Louisiana and ...