Durham County Detention Center /tags/durham-county-detention-center Durham County Detention Center en-US Copyright Tue, 07 May 2024 19:32:49 GMT Lawsuit against Durham County Sheriff’s Office over jail policy records continues despite hurdles /news/2024-05-07/durham-sheriff-emancipate-nc-lawsuit-jail-policy-records A lawsuit against the Durham Sheriff over redacted public records will continue to be fought in the courts by Emancipate NC. Tue, 07 May 2024 19:32:49 GMT /news/2024-05-07/durham-sheriff-emancipate-nc-lawsuit-jail-policy-records Aaron Sánchez-Guerra How the Durham County Sheriff — like other law enforcement — is trying to fill more than 100 open positions /news/2023-04-18/durham-county-sheriff-law-enforcement-100-open-positions In Durham County, the sheriff’s office has 125 open positions. About 100 of them are at the county jail. ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Will Michaels spoke with Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead about why the vacancies persist. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:05:09 GMT /news/2023-04-18/durham-county-sheriff-law-enforcement-100-open-positions Will Michaels Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead On His Jail's Pandemic Response /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 How Are NC Jails Responding To COVID-19? /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