April Barber Scales recalls her 18 summers spent incarcerated without air conditioning at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh — the state’s largest women’s prison — as ...

The North Carolina General Assembly last year approved $30 million to address a lack of air conditioning in all or parts of nearly 40 state prison facilities. With summer approaching, none of the ...

During this week’s heat wave, inmates in prisons across North Carolina face sweltering heat with no air conditioning. More than one in five of the state’s prison beds, 21%, still do not have air ...

Last fall, the North Carolina General Assembly approved $30 million to address a lack of air conditioning in the state's prison system. But with summer approaching, none of the actual construction has ...

Some may regret the passing of summer, but for many who are confined in North Carolina's prisons, it could bring a sense of relief — especially for those incarcerated in buildings without air ...