CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The floors are a clean, flat white. The halls smell sterile like a hospital. Muffled voices and chatter over deputies' radios fill the room. This is the Mecklenburg County Detention ...

North Carolina's state health department has ordered the Vance County jail to drastically reduce the number of inmates it ...

A firing squad in South Carolina is set to execute a death row inmate who ambushed an off ... in his home state of Virginia and headed to North Carolina, where he fatally shot gas station clerk ...

South Carolina is set to execute another death row inmate by firing squad ... Authorities said that Mahdi had killed a store clerk in North Carolina and stole a vehicle at gunpoint in Columbia ...

A South Carolina death row inmate whose attorneys say had a tortured ... wagon in his home state of Virginia and headed to North Carolina, where he fatally shot gas station clerk Christopher ...

And instead of the green prison jumpsuits worn by death row inmates, Mahdi will likely ... said that Mahdi had killed a store clerk in North Carolina and stole a vehicle at gunpoint in Columbia ...

“More dangerous offenses, like thermal trespass or wildlife disturbance, could potentially lead to jail time, while minor violations might result in fines or warnings. The public should ...