A lawsuit that accuses Alabama prisons of illegally harvesting the organs of people who died while incarcerated will be allowed to proceed, a state judge ruled on Tuesday.

NCDHHS invests $6.5M in W. North Carolina to support justice system alternatives and address mental health and substance ...

In North Carolina, Ernest D. Pheasant Sr. was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing his wife, Marie ...

North Dakota state and corrections officials broke ground April 2 for a new women's prison in Mandan that aims to replace an aging facility south of Dickinson and address inmate ...

The more that a former federal prosecutor from North Carolina and survivor of a 14-candidate Super Tuesday primary pressed, ...

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday reported more than 500 flu-related deaths for the ...

A Waynesville woman was recently sentenced to close to 6 years in prison for embezzling at least $1.5 million from a senior-assisted living facility in Canton.

An FBI investigation found an ex-office manager embezzled $1.5 million from a Canton senior living facility, records show.

Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has reversed a trial judge’s 2023 decision forcing state officials to transfer an inmate from a men’s prison to a women’s prison. Appellate ...

A North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling has reversed a Wake County judge’s order allowing a transgender woman inmate to be ...

POLKTON, N.C. — Three people were arrested this past week after they allegedly used a drone to try smuggling illegal drugs ...