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Prison commissary prices soar in North Carolina, leaving incarcerated people and their families struggling.

Following a nearly month-long jury trial in Dare County, a judge handed down the sentence against Wisezah Buckman, 36, who was charged with the murders of four Pasquotank Correctional Institute workers in a failed escape attempt in Elizabeth City.

Jury selection for the capital murder case of Wisezah Buckman began Wednesday at the Dare County Justice Center in Manteo and is ongoing. Buckman, 35, is the second of four inmates to face trial for the deaths of four prison workers during an attempted prison escape from Pasquotank Correctional Institute in 2017.

The final version of the state budget is on its way and could be enacted as soon as next week, according to House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland). Following a brief House session...

RALEIGH, N.C. – American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to the Craven Correctional Institution, a high achievement, and another step toward full accreditation of the North Carolina prison system. “This accreditation is the gold standard in the corrections profession,” said Department of Adult Correction Audit Administrator Paula Page, whose team of professionals assist […]

People in restrictive housing and high-security housing units had higher rearrest rates than the general incarcerated population.

On Sept. 12, 2022, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety paid $1.4 million to the estate of Geoffrey Howe, a maintenance mechanic at Pasquotank Correctional Institution who was killed by four inmates during an attempted prison break. Howe’s estate was represented by David Kirby, of Edwards Kirby Law Firm, and Cate Edwards, of ...

The North Carolina General Assembly passed a slew of laws months ago, and while most provisions have gone into effect, a few do not kickstart until Jan 1, 2023.

NC has a shortage of updated voter registration forms. State agency spokesmen say supply chain problems make it hard to buy paper.

Richard Stradling The (Raleigh) News & Observer RALEIGH — If your North Carolina license plate is at least 6 years old, the Division of Motor Vehicles is going to give you a new one when your registration comes up for renewal starting Jan. 1. It will be the first time that North Carolina has set a time limit for replacing a license plate. Up to now, you could keep the one you were given as long as it held up. Some on the road are decades old. But the General Assembly ordered DM...