The Asheville Police Department arrested three people Tuesday following an investigation into community complaints regarding illegal drug activity in a West ...

BREAKING NEWS AT FOUR A PRISON CORRECTIONS OFFICER IS DEAD. ANOTHER IS IN A HOSPITAL AFTER AN INMATE ATTACKED THEM. IT HAPPENED AT RIVER NORTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN INDEPENDENCE. NOW INDEPENDENCE ...

State officials have named a new warden at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center — while also defending the resigning warden, who announced his departure last month amid scrutiny over a spate of deaths at ...

A proposal to open an ICE facility at the recently closed Augusta Correctional Center was mentioned in a lawsuit. A proposal from a private operator suggested the Craigsville facility could be ...

Gov. Josh Stein addresses officials at the Southern Region of the Correctional Leaders Association on Tuesday. Briah Lumpkins blumpkins@charlotteobserver.com At the January meeting for the Southern ...

Kerwin Pittman, a social justice activist, has purchased the former Wayne County Correctional Center in Goldsboro, making him the first formerly incarcerated person in U.S. history to purchase a ...

This story was updated to add new information. ASHEVILLE – Twenty people, the largest number of candidates to file for City Council in at least 25 years, are vying for three seats in 2026. The March 3 ...

The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office 2025–2029 strategic plan establishes a clear goal of reducing jail overcrowding at the Caddo Correctional Center (CCC) by 25%. Achieving this goal requires ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, an inmate unlawfully walked away from an Oklahoma City corrections center Tuesday morning. Officials say 35-year-old ...