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A cross stitched pattern of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19,a round shape with spikes coming out of it.

Infectious Disease

A look back at 2020’s biggest story: The COVID-19 pandemic

by Editor December 30, 2020April 12, 2021

shows a large envelope with drawings on it, inside the flap are taped four strips of Suboxone wrapped in plastic wrap.

Overdoses are on the rise. Is it time to provide medication assisted treatment in NC prisons?

by Hannah Critchfield August 25, 2020January 29, 2021

We see a hand holding a cardboard sign that says, "#Free Them All" sticking out the passenger window of a compact white car passing the Durham County Detention Facility. The car is part of a caravan of protestors calling for the release of inmates who are unable to pay bail during the pandemic. It's Father's Day, 2020.

Even as NC’s COVID numbers stabilize, jail outbreaks spike

by Hannah Critchfield August 11, 2020January 29, 2021

We see a gated entrance to Neuse Correctional Institution located in Goldsboro. The facility has had hundreds of inmates test positive for COVID-19, including several who have died.

Judge: NC prisons out of compliance with court orders

by Carolina Public Press July 11, 2020July 10, 2020

NC Correctional Institution for Women entrance

Pregnant NC prisoners hopes of release fading

by Hannah Critchfield June 17, 2020January 29, 2021

man in fatigues and a face mask stands in front of a sign reading: "patient intake" in a COVID-19 overflow centr

Infectious Disease

Shuttered hospital could get new life courtesy of COVID

by Rose Hoban May 18, 2020January 29, 2021