A man under arrest in a North Carolina county jail was surrounded by fellow inmates, strangled with a bed sheet, and robbed of his wedding ring late last week, according to the Randolph County ...

At least three inmates also have died at the jail this year. This story was originally published October 5, 2021 at 6:34 PM. Michael Gordon has been the Observer’s legal affairs writer since 2013.

Read the stories behind the three inmates from North Carolina who were on federal death row. Barnette, of Charlotte, was sentenced in 1998 for the killing of two people: his ex-girlfriend Robin ...

A Charlotte murder suspect has spent ... How one word in NC law traps mentally-ill defendants. A decade of jail bunks and hospital beds Perkins would have worse episodes over the next 10 years.

Inspectors often find that local detention officers failed to make timely checks on inmates who died. And in a special report published earlier this month, former jail staff told The Charlotte ...