Ernest Nichols, 60, a former teacher at Ranson Middle School in Charlotte, was arrested in 2009 and originally faced a long ...

A former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teacher in prison on a statutory rape charge was killed by a fellow inmate convicted ...

A former middle school teacher serving time for statutory rape was found dead in his prison bunk on October 5, and authorities have since charged a fellow inmate, a convicted murderer, with his death.

More than one in five of the state’s prison beds, 21%, still do not have air conditioning, according to the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections, including the Johnston Correctional Facility ...

During this week’s heat wave, inmates in prisons across North Carolina face sweltering heat with no air conditioning. More than one in five of the state’s prison beds, 21%, still do not have air ...