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 ...

An inmate was rushed to the hospital and died after a medical emergency on Wednesday, HCSO says. This is Harris County's ...

Lenton Gallow died Wednesday at St. Joseph Hospital, according to the sheriff's office.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

A 55-year-old man died Wednesday after a medical emergency inside the Harris County Jail, according to the sheriff's office.

Christopher Mendez, 47, died Wednesday morning at Ben Taub Hospital. Officials say he suffered a medical emergency at the jail the day before. HPD is investigating the death as required by state law.