Authorities in North Carolina say an inmate escaped Sunday afternoon, and the search for him continues. The North Carolina ...

NC Department of Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Dismukes tells members of the Senate Judiciary Committee the state is now faced with 40% vacancy rate for correctional officers. (Photo: NCGA video ...

People leaving North Carolina prisons are far more likely to die of an overdose in their first weeks back home. Prison ...

Locked in a solitary confinement cell with little more than a bed sheet, David Whittington did what several others have done in recent years. He grabbed the sheet, wrapped it around his neck and ...

More than one in five of the state’s prison beds, 21%, still do not have air conditioning, according to the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections, including the Johnston Correctional Facility ...

A convicted murderer is on the loose in North Carolina as the search enters day two, according to officials with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.Officials said Ramone Alston escaped from a ...

SPRUCE PINE — Freedom Life, serving Avery, McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey counties, joined forces with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) and Guy Buckner on Tuesday, April 15, ...

An altercation between two inmates left one man with multiple stab wounds, according to North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. Officials say the incident happened around 11:30 this morning at ...

RALEIGH — When North Carolina House and Senate budget writers begin hammering out a compromise between their two proposed budgets, one of the more pressing problems will be how to address the crisis ...