Buncombe County has paused intake for its pretrial release program. The program is under review by the county's new Justice ...

A recent NC Newsline Opinion Commentary by Dannel Malloy, the former governor of Connecticut and now Chancellor of the ...

Jail-based programs aim to reduce load at state psychiatric hospitals, allow people to proceed more quickly through the court ...

Some accused of crimes need mental health treatment to go to trial; new treatment programs in jails and the community seek to ...

For most criminal defendants in North Carolina jails, this designation leads to a months-long wait for a bed in a state-run ...

A 35-year-old North Carolina man allegedly sexually assaulted a 21-year-old female Western Michigan University student at a ...

After almost a year without answers, a Belmont man’s family feels like they finally received some justice. Andy Tench was ...

MONROE, NC – The City of Monroe is promoting Assistant Police Chief William “Rhett” Bolen to Police Chief. Bolen has been ...