Prison

People returning from incarceration often struggle to find work or stable housing. State and local governments have launched programs to help former inmates rebuild their lives, but those efforts can be limited and face challenges of their own. In Mecklenburg County, two programs aim to help formerly incarcerated individuals overcome those challenges by providing opportunities and hard lessons.

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.

Restarting your life after incarceration can come with challenges and roadblocks, such as gaining access to transportation, housing and employment. Those were the challenges Charlotte community members faced on Tuesday as part of a county simulation.

Current and former officials say that the executive order could mean that some pretrial detainees are housed hours away from courthouses where their cases will be heard, diverting resources.

A civil rights organization is accusing South Carolina prison officials of using inmate cell phones as a scapegoat for the violent riot at Lee…

The Justice Department has closed a two-year investigation into U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger without filing charges. The department had been looking into…

The 14-year-old accused of shooting and killing his father, then driving to Townville Elementary School and wounding two students and a teacher, has been…

North Carolina prisons will soon stop placing their youngest inmates in solitary confinement. That's one of many changes in the works for how the state…

The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. Many of those in jail will eventually get out of prison but what happens…

Governor Pat McCrory signed the last bill remaining on his desk into law Monday night. It allows jails and prisons to sell e-cigarettes to inmates. WFAE’s…