Orange County authorities charged Durham's Keshaun Byrd over a November string of break-ins along Red Hill Lane and Seven ...

Unlike some North Carolina jails, the Durham County Detention Facility stands in a highly visible, downtown location. But practices inside that should be visible to the public are not, Emancipate NC ...

Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead can keep some jail policies hidden from the public, a judge ruled Thursday. That includes the jail’s search, restraint and housing assignment policies.

It was freezing outside when a detainee at the Durham County Detention Facility said he saw a staff member at the jail tie another detainee’s wrists and legs to a restraint chair for a few hours, with ...