County Jails

Three inmates under 30 died in February 2021 of self-inflicted injuries, leading Page to pledge to step up suicide-risk training and possibly increase detention center staff.

Twenty-one inmates died of suicide in 2020. That's the highest rate since Disability Rights NC, a legal advocacy organization, began tracking these numbers in 2013.

Host Charlie-Shelton Ormond explores how a multimillion dollar jail expansion proposal in Haywood County is causing a rift within the community and raising questions about the importance of rehabilitation and the effectiveness of incarceration.

Darrell Kersey’s family knew something was wrong.When he called his wife from the Durham County Jail this past summer, he said he had a sore throat and…

North Carolina Health NewsNehel Gaya’s father has traveled so much during the pandemic, she’s having trouble keeping up.The South Carolina resident had…

A North Carolina sheriff’s office has changed its restraint policy in the wake of last year’s death of a man jailed on an assault charge, but the…

Updated Friday, October 9 at 2:30 p.m.The Durham County Sheriff's Office has doubled the amount of time inmates at the Durham County Jail are allowed to…

Cody Oxendine grew up in a small town in North Carolina dominated by gangs. He ed a gang at a young age and his activities landed him in juvenile…

Cody Oxendine grew up in a small town in North Carolina dominated by gangs. He ed a gang at a young age and his activities landed him in juvenile…

*Updated 10:11am to reflect Sheriffs Association comments.A new report from the ACLU of North Carolina suggests many of the state's county jails are not…