By Rachel Crumpler Key Takeaways: More than one-quarter of North Carolina’s state prison population — just over 9,000 people — has a mental health diagnosis requiring treatment. The percentage of the prison population on the mental health caseload has more than doubled since 2014, from 12 percent to 26.9 percent now, according to N.C. Department […]
Author Archives: Rachel Crumpler
Rachel Crumpler covers gender health and prison health. She joined NC Health News in June 2022 as a Report for America corps member. She became a regular staff member in 2025. Reach her at rcrumpler at northcarolinahealthnews.org or @rachelcrumpler.22 on Signal.
