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A graphic depicting the revolving door of people with mental illnesses cycling from the community to psychiatric hospitals and jails. A person stands in the center with doors to each facility. Arrows at the bottom show that stable housing and community care could help stabilize someone in the community.

Charlotte light rail killing exposes gaps in NC’s mental health system

by Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf September 25, 2025December 20, 2025

People enter and exit a Charlotte light rail station.

State Health Policy

NC lawmakers aim to curb crime with stricter pre-trial release — not mental health funding

by Rachel Crumpler September 24, 2025December 20, 2025

Two men in orange jail jumpsuits sit at a table learning about court personnel. A mental health clinician is leading a session as part of Mecklenburg's capacity restoration program.

Frustrated by defendants languishing in their jails, three sheriffs bring mental health treatment behind bars

by Rachel Crumpler March 3, 2025March 4, 2025

shows a man in an orange prison jumpsuit sitting in a cell on the side of a lower bunk of a bunk bed. He has his head in his hands. Defendants ruled incapable to proceed often wait months in jail before receiving treatment.

NC defendants with mental illness wait months in jail for court-ordered treatment

by Rachel Crumpler February 27, 2025March 4, 2025

A Black man holds a flyer for the Recidivism Reduction Call Center in front of the N.C. Department of Adult Correction's Central Prison.

Hotline connects formerly incarcerated people with reentry resources

by Rachel Crumpler October 8, 2024January 23, 2026

A series of doors in the housing unit inside the Buncombe County Detention Facility

Many NC jails violate legal requirements by skipping meds for opioid use disorder

by Rachel Crumpler May 16, 2024May 16, 2024