Department of Adult Correction Archives - Page 2 of 8 - North Carolina Health News

A empty hospital bed in a prison is visible through open blue cell doors

NC prison health care costs soar as population ages

by Rachel Crumpler March 27, 2026March 26, 2026

An empty long-term care bed inside a prison healthcare complex. A hospital bed is show with medical equipment in an otherwise empty cell.

NC prison system strained by growing need for long-term care

by Rachel Crumpler March 24, 2026March 26, 2026

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, 2026June 2, 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, 2026June 2, 2026

A man in a suit stands inside a vacant prison that he purchased to turn into a reentry campus serving formerly incarcerated men

He once lived in prison. Now he’s turning one into a place for second chances.

by Rachel Crumpler January 23, 2026June 2, 2026