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AP, NBC17| Feb. 21
North Carolina is ready to begin a comprehensive effort to figure out how to curtail its swelling prison population, and…
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Associated Press, Associated Press (AP)| Dec. 31
North Carolina's prison pharmacy is susceptible to having over-the-counter drugs and medical supplies stolen or misused, according to a state…
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Associated Press, Associated Press (AP)| Dec. 23
The federal Bureau of Prisons reports that financier Bernard Madoff has been moved from a North Carolina federal prison to…
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Chris Cowperthwaite, NBC17| Dec. 11
The only female lifer in a group of criminals trying to be freed had her day in court Friday.
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Associated Press, NBC17| Dec. 9
Another North Carolina inmate who contends that he has acquired enough good behavior credits to complete his life sentence is…
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NBC17, NBC17| Dec. 3
The first of several inmates sentenced to life in prison will make his case to get out of jail early.
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NBC17, NBC17| Nov. 20
A 28-year-old inmate at central prison died in his cell Thursday night, according to the state Department of Correction.
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Kerry Hall, NBC17| Oct. 29
The inmates serving life sentences who were scheduled to be released Thursday remain behind bars, amidst unresolved legal questions about…
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Laura Barron, NBC17| Oct. 27
The son of a slain trooper is taking it one day at a time as the court system decides the…
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AP, Associated Press (AP)| Oct. 21
Fallen financier Bernard Madoff has plunged from his Manhattan penthouse to the lower bunk of a cell he shares with…
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AP, Associated Press (AP)| Sep. 16
Gov. Beverly Perdue says a new panel designed to keep former offenders from returning to criminal behavior and prison will…
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AP, Associated Press (AP)| Sep. 16
Gov. Beverly Perdue says a new panel designed to keep former offenders from returning to criminal behavior and prison will…
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NBC17, NBC17| Sep. 10
An illegal immigrant who lived in Raleigh will spend 25 years in prison for drug-related charges, according to federal authorities.
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Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem Journal| Sep. 3
For the first time in 14 years, Joseph Lamont Abbitt is a free man. He walked out of the Forsyth…
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AP, Associated Press (AP)| Aug. 2
Legislators have been nervous to tinker with the method North Carolina has used since 1995 to determine the sentences of…
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Newss & Observer, News & Observer| Jun. 7
Longer sentences due to the habitual-felon law is add an average of$195,000 in prison costs for each habitual felon, reports…
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News & Observer, News & Observer| Jun. 4
An inmate who was paralyzed while in a state prison gave his account of what happened to the News &…
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AP, Associated Press (AP)| Apr. 13
Former North Carolina Rep. Frank Ballance has been released from prison but is serving the rest of his four-year federal…
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Chris Cowperthwaite, NBC17| Mar. 17
One of the departments hardest hit by Gov. Perdue’s budget cuts will be the state prison system.
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Dan Galindo, Media General News Service| Mar. 4
One in 38 adults in North Carolina is either in prison, on probation or on parole, according to a study…
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