Though commissioners recognized the county jail's improvements and efforts to reduce the total inmate population, its operators aren't yet in the good graces of Texas officials.

Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Harris County is home to more than 600,000 unauthorized immigrants, according to new estimates — 4.4% of the nation's 13.7 million people lacking legal immigration status — ...

Even if immigration levels do return to a steady rate, Houston and the rest of America will eventually have to confront ...

The announcement at a Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting in Austin on Thursday morning was met with applause from the crowd.