Rachel Crumpler | NC Health News

County sheriffs and jail administrators say growing jail populations are outpacing space and staffing, forcing jails to operate beyond their intended limits.

SouthLight Healthcare is using opioid settlement funds to connect patients with housing, transportation, food and other resources that support recovery.

Specially trained probation/parole officers, smaller caseloads and stronger ties to treatment providers are at the center of a statewide supervision model designed to support people with serious mental illness.

House committee calls for telehealth evaluations in jails, expanded data collection and other reforms tied to North Carolina’s mental health and criminal justice systems.

Out-of-state patients got more than one-third of the abortions provided in North Carolina in 2025, as telehealth expands as a pathway to care.

Out-of-state patients got more than one-third of the abortions provided in North Carolina in 2025, as telehealth expands as a pathway to care.

More court-ordered patients, fewer staffed beds and longer stays have strained a system struggling to keep up with demand for treatment.

After serving more than 11 years behind bars, Kerwin Pittman is transforming a shuttered prison into a campus offering housing, job training and support to people leaving incarceration.

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.

Sheriffs say stricter pretrial release rules could test capacity, staffing and county budgets.