Understaffing, aging infrastructure, and more inmate assaults are all issues plaguing the Durham County Detention Center.

Nonprofit Emancipate NC is suing the Durham County Sheriff's Office for withholding public records on jail policies. The nonprofit argues the redactions prevent proper oversight of jail conditions ...

Eight inmates at the Durham County jail tested positive for COVID-19 this weekend, the second outbreak at the jail where eight detention officers tested positive this spring and one later died.

A suspect who shot himself in the custody of the Durham police was connected to the death of a teen in early May. Another ...

An open letter from Durham community activists raises concerns about Durham County jail detainees being kept in their cells for 21 to 23 hours a day during the pandemic. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@ ...

About 450 men and women are incarcerated at the Durham County jail. Only 15 percent of them are on work detail, called pod 4B, which is considered a privilege compared to the only other ...

Obituary for Dawn Tucker Prior to the fatal crash, Blackmon was in and out of Durham County jail over the course of two decades, with his first charge stemming from a 2001 larceny case.

In Locke’s arrest warrant, she’s accused of providing components of a mobile phone to an inmate at the Durham County jail on 219 S Mangum St. in August. The identified inmate is the same as ...