/tags/nc-prisons NC Prisons en-US Copyright Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:02:10 GMT /2024-11-11/prisons-helene-north-carolina-relocation Prison advocate groups call for the release of nearly 2,000 incarcerated people to ease overcrowding, improve conditions after the temporary closure of four western North Carolina prisons. Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:02:10 GMT /2024-11-11/prisons-helene-north-carolina-relocation Rachel Crumpler/NC Health 瓜神app /news/2024-04-17/nc-prisons-correctional-officers-staffing-shortage Nearly 40% of North Carolina correctional officer positions are vacant. And thousands of beds at prisons across the state are closed because there aren鈥檛 enough certified officers to cover them. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:01:14 GMT /news/2024-04-17/nc-prisons-correctional-officers-staffing-shortage Will Michaels /health/2024-02-19/prison-system-works-to-combat-health-care-coverage-gap-by-enrolling-people-in-medicaid-before-release An estimated 80% of people reentering the community from prison are newly eligible for Medicaid. Expanded coverage could boost reentry success as people have more consistent medical care. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:22:01 GMT /health/2024-02-19/prison-system-works-to-combat-health-care-coverage-gap-by-enrolling-people-in-medicaid-before-release Rachel Crumpler/NC Health 瓜神app /news/2024-01-05/burden-of-high-prices-behind-bars-in-nc Prison commissary prices are soaring in North Carolina, leaving incarcerated people and their families struggling. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:51:42 GMT /news/2024-01-05/burden-of-high-prices-behind-bars-in-nc Ahmed Jallow | Carolina Public Press /health/2023-10-02/expanded-prison-medical-release-sick-aging-incarcerated Advocates hope to see the North Carolina prison system grant more medical release to ease the burden of an aging prison population and to give families time with loved ones before death. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:13:58 GMT /health/2023-10-02/expanded-prison-medical-release-sick-aging-incarcerated Rachel Crumpler/NC Health 瓜神app /news/2023-01-31/advocates-worry-looming-mental-health-crisis-north-carolina-prisons Lack of access to mental health care inside North Carolina's prisons has an increasing number of advocates worried about a looming crisis. Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:12:50 GMT /news/2023-01-31/advocates-worry-looming-mental-health-crisis-north-carolina-prisons Jason deBruyn /health/2022-09-28/opioid-use-disorder-treatment-in-jails-making-strides-in-north-carolina Framing MAT in jails as an Americans with Disabilities Act issue is prompting a shift in how the treatment is managed with jails now more willing to sort out the logistics. Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:29:22 GMT /health/2022-09-28/opioid-use-disorder-treatment-in-jails-making-strides-in-north-carolina Rachel Crumpler/NC Health 瓜神app /health/2022-08-18/nc-prisons-say-no-monkeypox-cases-reported-yet Some prison residents are being vaccinated, and there is a plan in place in case of an outbreak, an official says. Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:22:25 GMT /health/2022-08-18/nc-prisons-say-no-monkeypox-cases-reported-yet Kate Martin, Carolina Public Press /news/2022-04-18/sex-offender-registry-makes-re-entry-a-balancing-act-of-restrictions-without-resources About 98 percent of people incarcerated in North Carolina return home, including those convicted of sex crimes, but placement on the public sex offender registry is a life sentence. Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:00:26 GMT /news/2022-04-18/sex-offender-registry-makes-re-entry-a-balancing-act-of-restrictions-without-resources Elizabeth Thompson / NC Health 瓜神app /news/2021-11-22/tiger-king-joe-exotic-moved-north-carolina-facility-butner-netflix Defense lawyer John Phillips says Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was taken from a federal medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, to a federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina, last week. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:07:59 GMT /news/2021-11-22/tiger-king-joe-exotic-moved-north-carolina-facility-butner-netflix Associated Press