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Former Butner prison guard sentenced for violating inmate’s civil rights. Here’s why
Daniel Mitchell, 42, pleaded guilty Dec. 23 to conspiring to violate the civil rights of an inmate only referred to in court ...
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Did prison have to ‘be a death sentence’ for man with mental illness?
Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...
Hat left near wife’s burned body links husband to her 2013 death in NC, feds say
It’s been more than a decade since the body of Marie Walkingstick Pheasant was found badly burned inside a charred vehicle ...
NC Court of Appeals reverses order to transfer transgender inmate to women’s prison
A North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling has reversed a Wake County judge’s order allowing a transgender woman inmate to be ...
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NCDHHS Invests $6.5 Million to Support Incarceration Alternatives in Western North Carolina Post-Hurricane Helene
NCDHHS invests $6.5M in W. North Carolina to support justice system alternatives and address mental health and substance ...
Drone drug drop at North Carolina prison thwarted by police intervention
POLKTON, N.C. — Three people were arrested this past week after they allegedly used a drone to try smuggling illegal drugs ...
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Zayre-Brown v. North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections
ACLU Demands End to Discriminatory and Inhumane Treatment of Incarcerated Transgender Woman ACLU Demands End to Discriminatory and Inhumane Treatment of Incarcerated Transgender Woman Apr 29, 2022 ...
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Public safety, reducing recidivism goals of NC Rehabilitation and Reentry Conference
McGuirt now works as the North Carolina Reentry Coordinator for Oxford House, Inc., which provides sober living housing for ...
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NC Court of Appeals reverses order to transfer transgender inmate to women’s prison
State attorneys appealed on behalf of prison officials ... Bridges covers criminal justice in the Triangle and across North Carolina for The News & Observer. Her work is produced with financial ...