Rachel Crumpler, Author at North Carolina Health News - Page 2 of 29

Two men and one woman sit at table during a driver's license restoration clinic held inside a women's prison

Without a driver’s license, rebuilding after prison is harder. These clinics offer a path forward.

by Rachel Crumpler March 12, 2026March 11, 2026

Two women stand on each side of a hospital bed in a labor and delivery room. They are some of the leaders of a family-physician led maternity unit in Chatham County

What does it take to restore rural maternity care? One NC hospital shows a way.

by Rachel Crumpler March 6, 2026March 5, 2026

An empty cell in a juvenile detention center. Green mattress and sheets seen with window with bars above the bed

Children's Health

‘Something needs to change’: Report details isolation at NC juvenile detention centers

by Rachel Crumpler February 24, 2026February 23, 2026

the exterior of a brick building with a large sign that reads Cherry Hospital. It's one of the state psychiatric hospitals where people land after sitting in the emergency department of a community hospital after they've been involuntary committed.

Who gets a bed in NC’s state psychiatric hospitals — and who waits?

by Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

A correctional officer seen from behind stands in front of a prison barbed wire fence

NC prisons face ‘dire’ staffing crisis

by Rachel Crumpler February 5, 2026February 4, 2026

A woman stands in front of incarcerated men in a chapel

North Carolina’s first lady takes on rehabilitation and reentry

by Rachel Crumpler January 29, 2026January 28, 2026