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In 2011, state lawmakers noticed a discrepancy in North Carolina’s correctional facilities: crime was going down, but the prison population was booming.…
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In 2011, state lawmakers noticed a discrepancy in North Carolina’s correctional facilities: crime was going down, but the prison population was booming.…
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This November voters in North Carolina will decide whether people accused of felonies should have the opportunity to decide whether they want a judge or…
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A North Carolina judge has ordered a man to be released from prison after serving 20 years of eight life sentences. An attorney says 57-year-old Michael…
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The following is from ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Youth Radio project reporter Chelsea Korynta. When I was 15, my father was sentenced to three months in prison. I was one of…
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The number of people in North Carolina returning to prison after their release is on the decline. In fact, a new report released just this month shows…
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The state House and Senate are entering their fifth week of negotiations over the state’s $21 billion budget. The Senate is scheduled on Monday night to…
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The state of North Carolina is appealing a judge's order for a new trial for Darryl Howard. Howard has been in prison for 19 years for the 1995 murder of…
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The idea of taking a child to prison for a week may bring to mind visions of "Scared Straight" programs. But the Father to Child Summer Camp Behind Bars does just that — and the goal is to let kids bond with their fathers, who might be incarcerated far from their families.
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Jorge Cornell was sentenced to 28 years in Federal Prison on Wednesday. The former leader of the Latin Kings gang in Greensboro was convicted last…