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Tag: NC Department of Public Safety

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.
Posted inPrison Health

Judge: NC prisons out of compliance with court orders

by Carolina Public Press July 11, 2020July 10, 2020
NC Correctional Institution for Women entrance
Posted inGender health

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
Posted inInfectious Disease

Shuttered hospital could get new life courtesy of COVID

by Rose Hoban May 18, 2020January 29, 2021
An African American man in a suit speaks to the podium, he is Erik Hooks of DPS and he's talking about releasing inmates from NC prisons early because of COVID-19 at a briefing.
Posted inPrison Health

NC prisons begin early release for some inmates

by Taylor Knopf April 14, 2020April 13, 2021
Water over a flooded road looks like a river
Posted inChildren's Health, Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health, Rural Health, Uncategorized

Youth voices from North Carolina’s hurricanes – Part 2

by Editor January 2, 2020January 1, 2020
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.
Posted inPrison Health

After officer deaths, more NC inmates with mental illness find themselves in solitary confinement

by Taylor Knopf December 18, 2019December 17, 2019

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