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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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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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WRAL, WRAL| Mar. 2
According to WRAL, alternatives are getting some attention as prisons continue to be over crowded.
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Associated Press, Associated Press (AP)| Feb. 26
A Raleigh man is facing six years in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to a…
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Associated Press, Associated Press (AP)| Feb. 26
Advocates for programs that keep substance abusers and other nonviolent offenders out of prison say North Carolina needs to keep…
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Marilyn Peguero, NBC17| Feb. 8
Prisoners who practice yoga are less likely to return to prison, according to a study by a Smithfield doctor.
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NBC17, Associated Press (AP)| Feb. 2
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr has blogged about his recent visit to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, recommending the United…
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WTSB Radio, WTSB Radio| Jan. 17
According to WTSB Radio, a Smithfield man has been sentenced to 25 years and 9 months in prison for raping…
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AP, Associated Press (AP)| Dec. 29
North Carolina is about to finish 2008 with the fewest number of death sentences since capital punishment was reinstated in…
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NBC17, NBC17| Dec. 15
In collaboration with the N.C. Division of Public Health, the N.C. Department of Correction (DOC) began the expanded HIV testing…
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