Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez grilled about jail deaths after appearance before state commission
At least 12 people have died in the Harris County Jail this year, including Alexis Cardenas, a 32-year-old man who recently died during a struggle with officers who were escorting him to the exit door. His sister was among those to question Gonzalez after Thursday's meeting in Austin.
Latest death at Harris County Jail is 62-year-old man who was found unresponsive, sheriff’s office says
The death of Harold Alexander Jr. is the latest in a string of recent deaths at the downtown Houston jail.
Three Harris County Jail inmates die within 48-hour span, marking 10 in-custody deaths in 2025
The string of deaths comes weeks after the sheriff’s office reported that a 26-year-old inmate was pronounced dead after allegedly smoking a substance and losing consciousness.
26-year-old Harris County Jail inmate dies after allegedly smoking unknown substance, officials say
The death of Valen Long, arrested in April on a felony charge of criminal mischief, comes days after the Harris County Sheriff's Office reported that a 52-year-old inmate with a pre-existing health condition died. Long's death marks the seventh in-custody death reported this year by the sheriff's office, which operates the downtown Houston jail.
Harris County, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez sued by family of outsourced jail inmate who died in Louisiana facility
Jaleen Anderson, who died last year at age 29, was booked into the Harris County Jail in March 2024 on a low-level drug possession charge. He was one of thousands of pre-trial detainees who have been outsourced to other prisons because of the jail's repeated failure to comply with Texas' mandated detention officer ratio.
Arrested Houston man dies from medical emergency in processing center, sheriff’s office says
The Houston Police Department is investigating Devin Williams' sudden death in the jail hours after he was arrested by the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Office. It marks the sixth in-custody death reported in Harris County this year.
Houston Public Media