A North Carolina prison complex where an inmate died from Covid-19 Saturday has the highest number of coronavirus cases of any federal correctional complex in the United States, according to the ...

The Butner NC federal prison complex now has 62 people who have tested positive for the coronavirus, nearly all of them inmates. Releasing some inmates early would help limit the virus’ spread.

The 86-year-old disbarred lawyer, once the most prominent trial attorney in California, will likely spend the rest of his ...

On April 1, inmate Richard Cephas, 54, of Wilmington, Delaware, fled the camp.He has a medical condition that causes a drop in his white blood-cell count. While on the lam, he told the N&O he ...

A new prison called the "Supermax" will hold 100 unruly inmates. The new facility has eight inch thick concrete walls, a heavy duty security fence and a secluded cell for each inmate.

A sampling of the News & Observer’s journalism from 2020. An inmate who fled a federal prison camp in Butner and remains on the loose told The News & Observer on Thursday that he escaped because ...

The coronavirus outbreak has been deadlier at the giant Butner complex northeast of Durham than any other prison, with 25 inmates dead from COVID-19. It’s the only BOP prison to have a confirmed ...

A former lieutenant at a federal prison in Butner was sentenced to two years of probation Friday for violating an inmate’s civil rights. Daniel Mitchell, 42, pleaded guilty Dec. 23 to conspiring ...