Harris County approved a $1.25 million settlement in the 2021 jail killing of Fred Harris. The county admitted no wrongdoing in the agreement.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An investigation of a death row inmate found text messages on a contraband cellphone that showed he ordered an inmate beaten last ...

The women were in one of the jail's mental health units after being booked into the detention center on low-level charges.

Graphic details and images surrounding a Houston man's 2022 in-custody death at a private Louisiana jail were revealed last week in newly-filed federal court documents that allege a pattern of ...

A federal inmate housed at the Hagåtña holding facility filed a $30 million lawsuit against the federal government, alleging he was beaten and tortured multiple times by other inmates, was ...

NEW YORK — After spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars, John McMillon was counting down to the day that he would be eligible to be released on parole. McMillon had mental illnesses and had ...

An incident report shows that an inmate wasn’t taken to the hospital for two hours after being repeatedly struck in the face ...

The young inmates were taken by van from a jail on Rikers Island in New York City to an airfield hours north of the city. There, the abuse started almost immediately, according to a federal lawsuit ...