A man being held in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center has died after experiencing a medical emergency the day after ...

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation are looking into an in-custody death at the ...

Inmate Jason Hicks died in Mecklenburg County Detention Center following a medical emergency; fourth in-custody death in 2025 ...

Sheriff Garry McFadden will meet with a state Department of Public Safety official to discuss the future of the county’s ...

Caldwell and other sheriffs told NC Health News that they believe Iryna’s Law can improve public safety, but that it ...

CHARLOTTE — The Mecklenburg County sheriff will hold a community meeting next week over the potential reopening of a juvenile detention center. Jail North closed in 2022 due in part to budget reasons ...

A 71-year-old man with “serious chronic medical conditions” died at the Mecklenburg County jail from a drug overdose after staff failed to check on him as the law requires, according to a lawsuit ...

Despite the region’s growth, Mecklenburg actually has less jail capacity than it did a decade ago. Charlotte Observer file photo North Carolina never stops talking about growth. We redraw school maps, ...