The family alleges that the Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office didn’t protect the 71-year-old, who overdosed on an anti-psychotic ...

A 51-year-old woman who died after being found unresponsive at the Mecklenburg County jail last month died from issues caused ...

This August 1984 photograph captures a haunting drawing in Mecklenburg prison’s A-pod for death row inmates. The prison, located in Boydton, Virginia, made national headlines when six death row ...

A man will spend at least eight years in prison after a jury convicted him of driving under the influence and killing a teenager, according to the Mecklenburg County District Attorney's office.

Mecklenburg County faces the loss of one of its biggest employers under Gov. Bob McDonnell's plan to close a prison that once housed the most incorrigible inmates in Virginia. County officials learned ...