Durham County Detention Center

A lawsuit against the Durham Sheriff over redacted public records will continue to be fought in the courts by Emancipate NC.

In Durham County, the sheriff’s office has 125 open positions. About 100 of them are at the county jail. WUNC's Will Michaels spoke with Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead about why the vacancies persist.

COVID-19 is spreading more quickly throughout North Carolina's population: public health metrics in the last week have some experts worried the state is…

Hundreds of inmates have been released from state prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic to help curb the spread of the virus. But the same is not true in…