NC prisons face ‘dire’ crisis, their leader says. ‘Something bad will happen.’

We need your help, and we need it now,” the leader of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction told lawmakers.

Budget stalemate contributes to ‘dire’ conditions in NC prisons, agency leader says

The head of North Carolina’s prison system sounded the alarm at a legislative committee meeting Thursday about dangerous ...

With prisons understaffed, Stein urges pay raises for NC correctional officers

In September, Stein’s office issued an immediate budget request to the North Carolina legislature for many issues, including ...

Former inmate buys NC prison to help others who have served time

Former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Kerwin Pittman says he’s the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to ...

‘Something bad will happen’: NC agencies say low staffing levels pose risk

Thousands of state job vacancies in North Carolina are stretching public services thin and, in many cases, creating risks for ...

Money to buy former Goldsboro prison can be used to improve other prisons, secretary says

Kerwin Pittman, the formerly incarcerated man who bought the Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, got good news Wednesday ...
WRAL

In NC prisons, inmates much more likely than staff to take vaccine

COVID-19 vaccination rates for people serving time in North Carolina state prisons outpace the general public by a little and prison workers by a lot. The differences aren’t necessarily surprising, ...

Training service dogs prepares NC inmates for life outside of prison

It takes intense effort to teach service dogs the skills they need to help people with disabilities or alert them to ...
WVEC

NC prisons were growing more dangerous before deadly attack

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina prisons were already a more dangerous place to work before four employees at an understaffed prison were killed during a failed breakout attempt last month. State ...