An alert from the Durham County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to the 5100 block of Barbee Chapel Road at 4:30 ...

An anti-mass incarceration nonprofit is still fighting to force the Durham County Sheriff’s Office to release more information about its jail policies. Emancipate NC asked a judge for help in 2024 ...

The Durham County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances around a man who died Sunday morning at a north Durham ...

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.

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 ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. EDITOR’S NOTE: At the request of Durham County, Special Superior Court Judge Hoyt G. Tessener on Oct. 9 dismissed the lawsuit seeking ...