The move escalates the state’s efforts to improve conditions in Harris County’s jail system, which has struggled to comply with a remedial order since 2023.

A 78-year-old criminal defense attorney accused of smuggling drug-laced documents to inmates in Harris County Jail died from natural causes in January, his attorney told the Houston Chronicle. Charges filed in 2023 against Ronald Lewis,

HOUSTON ( KIAH ) — The search for an inmate who escaped the Harris County Jail Complex has ended with his capture on Tuesday. Travis Bryant II turned himself in to Harris County deputies a week after escaping from the Harris County Joint Processing Center releasing area last Tuesday around 1 p.m.

The late defense attorney's charges were dropped after being accused of smuggling drug-laced papers into the Harris County Jail.

Kristopher McGregor, 39, died Jan. 30 after being in custody at the Harris County Jail for less than a month. He had been arrested on a theft charge.