Monday, April 23, 2018 -- A round up of opinion, commentary and analysis on: Rep. Bob Steinburg calls North Carolina's prison system 'an absolute, unmitigated disaster,' lawmakers grill students about ...

Years of vacancies, low pay and high turnover have eroded staffing levels, disrupting operations and raising safety concerns.

April Barber Scales recalls her 18 summers spent incarcerated without air conditioning at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh — the state’s largest women’s prison — as ...

To give more seriously ill incarcerated people the opportunity to go home before they die, North Carolina lawmakers expanded the eligibility criteria of prison medical release in 2023. But data ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kelly Crosbie, Carolyn Lanier, Lacey Rutherford, Dr. Brian Farah, and NC First Lady Anna Stein (L-R) on Nov. 3, 2025. (Photo: Lynn ...

North Carolina is making strides toward helping people get health care, jobs and other assistance after they leave prison, Gov. Josh Stein said Wednesday, part of a push to help prepare convicted ...

With the recent purchase of the former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Kerwin Pittman is laying claim to an unusual title — he says he’s the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to ...