Mattresses on the floor will remain the short-term fix to overcrowding as Wake County moves forward with expansion plans for its detention centers. When beds fill up, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office ...

A student in Wake County Public School System arrested March 7 for allegedly fighting on a school bus has been held in the jail on Hammond Road in Raleigh for nearly two weeks. 17-year old Selina ...

A 33-year-old man who died at the Wake County jail last year succumbed to heart disease, a newly released autopsy from the State Medical Examiner’s Office states. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Wake County jail recorded three in-custody deaths within one month. Sheriff's Office and State Bureau of Investigation opened ...

Twice this year, paperwork problems have caused mixups in the Wake County jail, leaving inmates there longer than they had to be. Now, the question is how to remedy the situation. The Wake County ...