North Carolina Jails

The state’s health agency has already ordered the jail to move more than 100 inmates and crack down on illegal behavior. Now, they’re focusing on the shortage of staff.

In recent years, more detention centers in the state are starting to provide medications for opioid use disorder, not just because it’s best practice, but because it’s now a legal imperative.

A team of three people in the DHHS Division of Health Service Regulation is responsible for reviewing all 109 county jails.

Many activists arrested in 2020 while protesting the killing of George Floyd are still waiting to see their day in court. WUNC spring intern Nada Merghani looks at the effects those pending charges are having on people in 2022.

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.

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…