The U.S. Census Bureau is drawing criticism ahead of its 2030 count, as a nonpartisan group warns it could repeat what the ...

North Carolina's prisons are woefully understaffed. Part of the problem is how long it takes the state to hire correctional officers.

North Carolina’s prison system is facing a crisis, from severe staffing shortages and budget pressures to the growing needs ...

North Carolina leaders are raising concerns about staffing shortages at state prisons, as officials roll out a pilot program ...

North Carolina prisons are out of compliance with a court order, a judge said Friday afternoon. A month ago, Wake County Superior Court Judge Vinston Rozier Jr. ruled that conditions in state prisons ...

Five prison employees were killed in North Carolina in 2017 — four from a failed escape attempt at Pasquotank Correctional Institution and another in an attack at Bertie Correctional Institution. It ...

Thursday, July 12, 2018 -- A round up of opinion, commentary and analysis on: Attorneys say North Carolina Congress remap claims still valid, Charlotte council to vote on deals for RNC convention, NC ...

State leaders are expanding reentry programs aimed at closing gaps in behavioral health care and lowering recidivism for people released from prison.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As budget negotiations continue at the General Assembly, Gov. Josh Stein and state prison leaders are ...

Evan Ashkin, a family physician and director of the North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program, has long been concerned about people who are returning to the community from prison — ...