The string of deaths comes weeks after the sheriff’s office reported that a 26-year-old inmate was pronounced dead after ...

Criminal Justice Harris County officials say a new state law should help reduce the county’s criminal court backlog. Under Senate Bill 402, district judges in Texas are required to give ...

Regarding "Explicit content shown in Harris County courtrooms during 'Zoom bombing' incident," (Dec. 13): For decades, far too many Harris County criminal judges have abused the accused by making ...

Data-driven tool to aid Harris County criminal justice reform. ... and county criminal justice leaders anticipate beginning use of the tool later in 2016 or early in 2017. May 25, 2016.

Harris County is just 18 percent African American, but on any given night 48 percent of the people sleeping inside the Harris County jail are African American. The disparity is at the heart of the ...

Harris County is receiving a $2 million grant to reform and improve its criminal justice system. The Harris County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council is unveiling the plan for the funds at a ...

The sign at the front door of the Harris County Criminal Justice Center says it all: "This building will be closed until further notice.” County engineers said that could mean eight months or ...

Talk about criminal justice in Harris County often centered around numbers. How many people have been convicted? How many cases have been dismissed? How frequently are certain crimes being charged ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- During the first annual budget meeting for Harris County Commissioners on Tuesday, criminal justice and public safety took center stage during public comment. Harris ...

In front of a bank of TV cameras, a happy chorus of Harris County criminal justice officials and advocates last week celebrated a $2 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation. One by one ...

Water pressure has been restored at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center in downtown Houston on Wednesday morning, according to the Department of Engineering. Carl Apple, the director of ...

Every day, judges repeatedly face the same quandary as to whether or not to release each defendant standing before them prior to trial, with far-reaching implications hanging on every decision ...