A former lieutenant at a federal prison in Butner was sentenced to two years of probation Friday for violating an inmate’s civil rights. Daniel Mitchell, 42, pleaded guilty Dec. 23 to conspiring to ...

Durham saw a spike of 151 coronavirus confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday with the majority of those cases coming from Butner Federal Prison, according to a news release. The county reported 712 cases ...

An ex-state trooper who says he “let the citizens of the Commonwealth down,” with his participation in a Commercial Driver’s License bribery scheme, is going to jail for three months, a shorter prison ...

BUTNER, N.C. — A judge has denied R. Kelly’s request for a temporary furlough from federal prison, where he is serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex crimes. Kelly’s attorneys filed the ...

An ex-state trooper who gave passing scores to Commercial Driver’s License applicants even if they failed the test should serve 15 months in prison, according to the feds who are citing “recent police ...

H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff's deputy. He was 82. Brown — ...

BUTNER, N.C. — An outspoken civil rights activist and former leader in the Black Panther Party who was convicted of killing a Fulton County deputy has died. He was 82. The Federal Bureau of Prisons ...