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By Kelan Lyons – 7/22/2022 NC Policy Watch After growing up behind bars, many who committed serious crimes when they were children now have a chance at parole James Ryan Kelliher first tried to kill himself when he was 10 years old.…Read More »
Groups call for end to solitary confinement in NC prisons By James Burrell July 1, 2022 In Courts & the Law A solitary cell in an NC prison. Image: Disability Rights NC Kerwin Pittman spent a total of 1,000 days alone, living in a…Read More »
By Kelan Lyons NC POLICY WATCH – 7/1/2022 Photo: Adobe Stock County sheriffs and jailers could challenge violations uncovered during jail inspections conducted by the NC Department of Health and Human Services, according to a provision in the proposed state budget. Bill opponents say…Read More »
On January 12, 2022, Andrew Hodge was found dead in his cell in the Rutherford County Detention Center from an alleged drug overdose. Shortly thereafter, Sheriff Chris Francis suddenly pulled his bid for re-election. Since this incident, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office…Read More »
May 13, 2022 When I was quite young I remember my great-grandmother and her neighbor referring to a man they knew as a snake in the grass. I actually was deathly afraid of snakes so I asked her if there were…Read More »
May 9, 2022 On this past Mother’s Day I could not help but think about all the other mothers who have lost a child. It is always a day filled with love but tinged with sadness. I lost my child after a…Read More »
Commutations are first after Governor’s Juvenile Sentence Review Board examined cases Raleigh Mar 10, 2022 Governor Cooper has commuted the sentences of three people who were convicted for crimes committed when they were teenagers. The commutations follow an intensive review of their…Read More »
Jose Jovanny Camarena, 26, of Nebo, was found unresponsive Wednesday morning during a routine check at the detention center. Camarena was being held at the McDowell County Detention Center after being arrested on Monday, February 7, 2022 for an outstanding warrant for…Read More »
Attorney Andrew LaBreche filed his complaint Judges Davis, Martelle, McEntire and Shelley, the Sheriff’s Dept. as well as District Attorney Ted Bell at the Rutherford County Courthouse on September 3, 2021. Soon afterward a Motion to Dismiss was filed by Defendant David…Read More »
Wednesday January 12, 2022, 8:26 AM Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office 1-12-2022 Death in the Rutherford County Detention Facility On 1-12-2022 at 4:56am a Med-tech nurse and a detention officer located inmate Andrew Franklin Hodge unresponsive in his cell. Hodge was being housed…Read More »