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Texas Attorney General's Office to help get Harris County Jail back into compliance
The Texas Attorney General's Office will now take action to ensure the Harris County Jail gets into compliance. 13 Investigates first reported on the jail's compliance issues in September 2022. Months ...
Harris County Jail gets help from Texas Attorney General to get back into compliance after years of issues
Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and ...
State requests help from attorney general's office to ensure compliance of Harris County Jail
The Texas agency that oversees jail standards is heightening its response to Harris County's years-long struggle to meet ...
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County Report – Officials: Training center may be finished by end of year
Learn more. The water line has been brought over from York County Jail to the building site, the foundation for the First Responder Training Center has been poured, sewer piping is complete ...
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Commissioners discuss training Franklin County jail officers to assist immigration arrests
(WHP) — Franklin County officials are in discussions to possibly give county jail officers the ability to execute arrest warrants for illegal immigrants being held at the facility. This was ...
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Texas mother charged after found lying outside in freezing temps with two babies: sheriff's office
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a 911 call about a woman outside with her children on 12062 Veterans Memorial Drive in Houston at around 6:40 a.m. on Tuesday.
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Man shoots and kills ex-girlfriend, her friend at northeast Harris County home, sheriff says
The sheriff's office said Perez and the ex-girlfriend recently broke up and their relationship had been abusive. Perez was arrested on a capital murder charge and booked into the Harris County ...
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Harris County Sheriff's Office reports 168 crashes due to snowy, icy Roads
The Harris County Sheriff's Office has responded to 168 vehicular crashes since 10 p.m. Friday night, as snowy and icy conditions have created hazardous driving situations across the region. Sheriff ...
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Tarrant County hired new jail chief away from Dallas County. Here's how much he makes
Before joining the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, Herklotz had worked as the Chief of Detentions of the Harris County Jail in Houston and was a long-serving Deputy Director of the Texas ...
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Kamala Harris returns to Los Angeles County to help wildfire victims
Following President Trump's inauguration on Monday, former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Los Angeles County to help distribute food and to thank fire crews in Altadena. The Eaton Fire ...
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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Houston Mayor John Whitmire discuss winter storm preparations
The two leaders were joined by the Harris County Fire Marshal, the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the Coalition for the Homeless, and representatives from the Harris County Office of Emergency ...
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Murder suspect released after Harris County grand jury decides there's not enough evidence to charge
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man has been released from jail after a Harris County grand jury found there wasn't enough evidence to charge him with murder. That 18-year-old was behind bars for ...