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Alexis Jovany Cardenas, 32, died Tuesday after an alleged altercation with detention officers while on his way out of the ...
One in 10 inmates in Texas' Harris County Jail has an ICE hold, totaling 1,170 of the 9,527 inmates. These holds are costing taxpayers as the cases proceed through the court system.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Inmates trading a powdery substance for three packages of noodles and coffee led to Harris County's 18th in-custody death of the year, records allege.
So far in 2025, as many as 12 inmates have died while in custody in Harris County Jail, surpassing the total number of 10 in ...
The Harris County jail population is the highest it has been in years, exceeding 10,000 inmates for the first time since 2012. State records show inmate deaths at the jail are also the highest ...
State records show Harris County's daily jail population averaged more than 9,100 inmates through the first 10 months of 2006. Sixteen percent of those inmates — more than 1,400 — have what ...
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An already incarcerated man and two of his family members are accused of selling drugs inside the Harris County jail and laundering money. During a news conference ...
Criminal Justice Harris County Jail officials didn’t search inmate’s wheelchair containing handgun, state report says. According to the report, state inspectors reviewed security footage and ...
Second infected Harris County jail inmate dies; officials don’t think COVID-19 is cause By St. John Barned-Smith , Staff writer Updated May 7, 2020 7:07 p.m.
“When he first entered the jail as an inmate with $200 in his commissary and from October 2023 to June 2024, he was able to make a revenue of over $28,000,” Smith explained.
“When he first entered the jail as an inmate with $200 in his commissary and from October 2023 to June 2024, he was able to make a revenue of over $28,000,” Smith explained.