Durham County deputies announced Tuesday they arrested a man after seizing stolen guns and finding illegal narcotics. The incident began Monday night when a deputy spotted a ...

Authorities on Saturday are investigating the death of an inmate at the Durham County Detention Center. According to the Durham County Sheriff's Office, detention officers found 47-year-old Kenneth ...

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 ...

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.

It was freezing outside when a detainee at the Durham County Detention Facility said he saw a staff member at the jail tie another detainee’s wrists and legs to a restraint chair for a few hours, with ...

A man has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a man in Durham in mid-November, according to a court and jail records.

Deputies were called to the Ardsley Drive home just after 5 a.m. Monday, according to the Durham County Sheriff’s Office.