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New Harris County Officials Vow To Reform The Criminal Justice System

Gail Delaughter

Posted on January 3, 2017 · Officials say they plan go after some of the county’s biggest problems in a different way.

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Detention officer arrested, accused of smuggling marijuana into the Harris County Jail

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on November 29, 2023 · Authorities say 24-year-old Robert Robertson, who had been working with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for about six years, allegedly passed along marijuana to people in the jail. He was arrested Tuesday morning.

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Murder trial begins for man accused of killing a special-needs teenager in the Harris County Jail

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Posted on November 27, 2023 · For more than two years now, the family of 19-year-old Fred Harris has been pushing for answers after he was attacked and killed while in custody at the jail.

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Houston attorney accused of smuggling over 150 drug-laced papers into the Harris County Jail

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on November 21, 2023 · Authorities say 77-year-old defense attorney Ronald Lewis allegedly delivered papers laced with ecstasy and synthetic marijuana to incarcerated people during multiple in-person visits at the Harris County Jail. Lewis was arrested last Friday. 

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