AN OMBUDSMAN has raised concerns about risk management at Durham Prison after a west Cumbrian sex offender took his own life in his cell.

Prisoners inside the overcrowded HMP Durham have been making drugs with shower gel and toothpaste, it has been revealed. Overcrowding, increased violence, self harm incidents and a growing drug market ...

A Durham man received a 6.5-year prison sentence on Monday for his role in a shooting outside of a Durham convenience store. Jermal Moye's sentence will run consecutive to a sentence he’s already ...

R. Kelly allegedly overdosed in prison last week and was rushed to Duke University Hospital in Durham, according to court documents filed by his lawyer.The court filing states the 58-year-old singer, ...

A Durham man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2022 murder of U.S. Navy veteran. Frederick Johnson was found guilty of first-degree murder after prosecutors said he shot ...

A Durham man who assaulted a police officer and an emergency chaplain in 2023 was sentenced in March to 270 days behind bars. Members of the law enforcement community and the chaplain community ...

A Wake County judge has granted bail for a man accused of shooting his son to death. The man said he feared for his life. The son had a history of mental illness and addiction. McClatchy A Durham man ...

More than two years after a fatal crash ended the lives of two Durham women, the driver responsible pleaded guilty in a Durham County courtroom Wednesday. Armonta Lamont Tyler, 28, of Raleigh was ...

Colin Storr was remanded for breaching a sexual harm prevention order and taken to HMP Durham ...