Prison Health Archives - Page 23 of 34 - North Carolina Health News

We see letter from Kenneth Little, an inmate at Greene Correctional Institution, which is currently experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak.

Just as prison family visits were to resume, COVID strikes facility again

by Hannah Critchfield October 8, 2020January 29, 2021

We see Zion Lemelle's manicured hands holding up a "You Can Vote" eligibility checklist card.

Getting out the vote in jail, during a pandemic

by Hannah Critchfield October 5, 2020January 29, 2021

Shows an arm in a short sleeved shirt, a pair of gloved hands with on holding the arm, the other a syringe and needle, preparing to give a vaccine

Minority Health

Researchers wanted to recruit people most impacted by COVID-19 in vaccine trials. How is it going?

by Hannah Critchfield October 1, 2020January 29, 2021

Door to a unit inside a jail. Jail suicides and overdoses are on the rise across the state. The counties may not have enough resources to fight COVID-19.

COVID outbreak worsens at Pitt County Jail

by Hannah Critchfield September 11, 2020September 12, 2020

Over 120 COVID-19 cases at North Carolina’s only immigration detention facility

by Hannah Critchfield September 9, 2020January 29, 2021

a fence is in the foreground, with a dozen men in jumpsuits beyond it, they're sitting on benches and seveal are playing basketball. More inmates with mental illness find themselves in solitary confinement following the 2017 deaths of prison officers in NC.

Should COVID-19 vaccine testing be done on prisoners? Some researchers say we should ask them.

by Hannah Critchfield September 4, 2020January 29, 2021