/tags/north-carolina-jails North Carolina Jails en-US Copyright Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:19:33 GMT /term/news/2025-04-17/vance-county-jail-staff-health-dept-ncdhhs 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. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:19:33 GMT /term/news/2025-04-17/vance-county-jail-staff-health-dept-ncdhhs Abigail Celoria /health/2024-05-21/jails-north-carolina-skip-meds-opioid-disorder 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. Tue, 21 May 2024 19:29:11 GMT /health/2024-05-21/jails-north-carolina-skip-meds-opioid-disorder Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News /news/2022-12-09/report-county-jails-north-carolina-safety-issues A team of three people in the DHHS Division of Health Service Regulation is responsible for reviewing all 109 county jails. Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:33:04 GMT /news/2022-12-09/report-county-jails-north-carolina-safety-issues Bradley George /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2022-05-27/pandemic-pending-charges-justice-activism-protest-george-floyed-2020-2022-north-carolina-advocate-racial Many activists arrested in 2020 while protesting the killing of George Floyd are still waiting to see their day in court. ÉîÒ¹¸£Àû spring intern Nada Merghani looks at the effects those pending charges are having on people in 2022. Fri, 27 May 2022 16:51:31 GMT /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2022-05-27/pandemic-pending-charges-justice-activism-protest-george-floyed-2020-2022-north-carolina-advocate-racial Nada Merghani, Kamaya Truitt /news/2021-06-09/jail-expansion-haywood-county-gaps-mental-health-treatment-tested 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. Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:59:45 GMT /news/2021-06-09/jail-expansion-haywood-county-gaps-mental-health-treatment-tested Charlie Shelton-Ormond /law/2020-10-20/durham-county-sheriff-clarence-birkhead-on-his-jails-pandemic-response 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… Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:56:34 GMT /law/2020-10-20/durham-county-sheriff-clarence-birkhead-on-his-jails-pandemic-response Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /law/2020-09-08/how-are-nc-jails-responding-to-covid-19 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… Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:05:27 GMT /law/2020-09-08/how-are-nc-jails-responding-to-covid-19 Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio