The Harris County Sheriff's Office says the suspect who escaped from Ben Taub Hospital is now back in custody.

FOX 26 Houston reports that Hernandez was taken to Ben Taub at about noon and disappeared from custody later that afternoon.

The lawsuit alleges that Erik Carlson, 29, died on Jan. 25, 2025, after jail staff repeatedly ignored his pleas for medical ...

The federal lawsuit in Louisiana is the third to be filed in connection to Harris County Jail inmates who died after being outsourced to LaSalle Correctional Center, one of the privately owned ...

Once the error was discovered, deputies launched an immediate search, focusing on the area around the jail and addresses ...

And in November 2024, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards found the Bexar jail to be out of compliance with minimum ...

Tensions between Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. continue to mount over the future ...

A 55-year-old man in custody at the Harris County Jail died at St. Joseph Hospital Wednesday after experiencing a medical ...

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Lenton Gallow Jr., 55. He was booked into the jail on Jan. 5 on ...

“A-Way-Out! Bail Bonds” is one of many locations of its kind in downtown Houston. Taken on October 17, 2019. A state constitutional amendment approved by Texas voters last year gives judges the ...

Twenty people died in 2025 in the Harris County Jail, the state's largest pre-trial detention system, which has faced years of understaffing, overcrowding and wrongful death lawsuits. The death toll ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies have now arrested a second suspect in connection with a deadly vehicle fire discovered early Thursday morning in south Harris County.