TRENTON — A planned state prison for women is to be built in Burlington County, officials have announced. The "purpose-built" facility will be on property in Chesterfield that already holds the ...

Buses evacuated at least 1,200 inmates this week from Helene-damaged prisons in the North Carolina mountains, state prison officials said. On Monday, about 400 women were driven from Western ...

A Henderson County woman will spend at least 10 years in prison for killing her boyfriend, according to officials.