North Carolina

North Carolina has been sued in federal court for the second time in two years over conditions within its foster care system

Republicans in Louisiana and North Carolina have passed laws that roll back reforms, allowing more teenagers to be prosecuted as adults. 

Advocates have filed a federal class action lawsuit against North Carolina’s child welfare agency, claiming it segregates disabled foster youth in institutional care.

As a former foster care youth, I didn’t believe I had much to say, or that anyone cared about my voice, writes D'Aviance Cuffee.

A former social services director in North Carolina pled guilty to obstruction of justice for the department's use of illegitimate documents.

Six- and 7-year-olds accused of committing felonies in North Carolina will no longer be prosecuted in criminal court under a juvenile justice bill Gov. Roy Cooper signed on Aug. 30.

North Carolina lawmakers have passed a broad bill that backers hope will improve the lives of hard-to-place children in the foster care system if Gov. Roy Cooper signs it, as the author expects.

North Carolina is expected to ban the shackling of incarcerated women during childbirth, according to a published report.

Almost 300 people in North Carolina who were prosecuted in adult court for things they did as 16- and 17-year-olds had those records erased from the books this week. The news came as Durham County’s chief prosecutor, Satana Deberry, announced that she was taking the action voluntarily in the wake of laws that have changed in the intervening years.