NC Prisons

Black transgender women describe the trauma they experienced reentering society after a reportedly agonizing time in N.C. prisons.

Three Black transgender women chronicle alleged abuses they faced while serving time in men's prisons in North Carolina.

Advocates hoped 2023 eligibility changes would increase medical releases. So far, that hasn’t happened.

State officials aim to reduce homelessness among formerly incarcerated people through Reentry 2030 — but safe, affordable housing is one of the biggest barriers to successful reentry.

Building, rehabilitating, instructing, developing, growing, employing. Those are the promises made by the BRIDGE program, which trains incarcerated young men to fight fires, among other skills. But does it hold true to those promises?

Prison officials plan to install air conditioning for all prison beds by 2026 as rising temperatures pose growing health risks for incarcerated people.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, volunteers with a group that collects surplus food from restaurants are preparing 850 meals for inmates at a prison in Salisbury.

Former North Carolina prisoners had sustained suicide risk, even three years after release, suggesting a need for more consistent support for people returning to the community.

Advocates hope to see the North Carolina prison system grant more medical release to ease the burden of an aging prison population and to give families time with loved ones before death.

Last fall, the North Carolina General Assembly approved $30 million to address a lack of air conditioning in the state’s prison system. But with summer approaching, none of the actual construction has begun.