Central Prison Coverage

Offender dies after assault by other prisoner at Central Prison in Raleigh

An offender at Central Prison scheduled for release in 2025 died Thursday night after an apparent assault by another prisoner.

Protestors march in downtown Raleigh to end death row in NC

Today demonstrators marched through downtown Raleigh calling for an end to the death penalty in our state. A man who was on death row for almost two years talked about his experience and why he's advocating for change almost 30 years later

Convicted sex offender beaten to death at Central Prison

The offender, Ronald Rhodes, was assaulted by offenders on Friday morning in the recreation yard, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Central Prison on lockdown after inmates beat convicted sex offender to death

The offender, Ronald Rhodes, was assaulted by offenders on Friday morning in the recreation yard, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

'It's been very difficult.' Recruiters looking to fill hundreds of vacant correctional officer positions at state prisons

The state Department of Public Safety says the state's prisons need more corrections officers and vacancies are not where they should be.

Chris Lovingood, WRAL anchor/reporter

Former Central Prison staffer gets to see life from other side of bars

A former Central Prison staff member has been sentenced to at least 41/2 years in prison for embezzling from the state.

Former Central Prison employee charged with embezzlement

Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman says Micheal Ragan was indicted with one count of embezzlement over $100,000, two counts of obtaining property by false pretense over $100,000 and three counts of obtaining property by false pretense under $100,000.

Kevin Kuzminski, WRAL multiplatform producer

3 staffers injured in attack at Central Prison in Raleigh

Three members of the staff of Central Prison in Raleigh were taken to an outside medical facility Thursday afternoon after an attack by some prisoners.

Kirsten Gutierrez, WRAL reporter

Two corrections officers stabbed at Central Prison, treated for non-life-threatening injuries

Prison officials said one officer was taken for outside medical attention to treat two stab wounds to his leg.

Sydney Franklin, WRAL multiplatform producer

Inmate who escaped Central Prison captured, taken into custody

WRAL's Mark Boyle has more details on the Chad Lee Houser, the inmate who escaped Central Prison on Friday afternoon. He was caputed and taken into custody in Cumberland County Friday evening.

Search underway after inmate escapes Central Prison

WRAL has the latest details after an inmate escaped Central Prison in Raleigh on Friday.

Sky 5: Search for inmate who escaped Central Prison

Sky 5 was over the scene as law enforcement were looking for an inmate who escaped Central Prison in Raleigh Friday afternoon.

Inmate who escaped Central Prison captured in Cumberland County

Raleigh police and other law enforcement were searching for an inmate who officials said escaped Central Prison sometime Friday afternoon.

Jason O. Boyd, Multiplatform producer

Protesters make their voices, and horns, heard over conditions at prison

Protesters calling attention to conditions inside state prisons took to the streets to voice their concerns and honk their horns at Central Prison in Raleigh.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

Protesters look to take a stand for inmates

WRAL's Aaron Thomas was in Raleigh as protesters left in their vehicles to head to Central Prison to take part in a protest against conditions there during the coronavirus outbreak.

Central Prison worker tests positive for coronavirus

An employee at Central Prison in Raleigh reported testing positive for the new coronavirus, one of a growing number of inmates and staffers in North Carolina's prison system with the virus.

Coronavirus spreading in NC prisons

Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in at least six state prisons in North Carolina, officials said Thursday.

Ken Smith and Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporters

Central Prison's first female warden starts this month

Denise Jackson has been named the first female warden in the history of Central Prison.

Woman to lead Central Prison for the first time

Denise Jackson has been named the first female warden in the history of Central Prison.

Mandy Mitchell, WRAL reporter

Central Prison inmate accepts plea deal in attack on jail worker

An inmate linked to a violent attack on a Central Prison employee last year has accepted a plea deal in exchange for prosecutors dropping a felony assault charge on a detention officer, court records show.

Alfred Charles, WRAL.com managing editor

Inmate charged in violent attack on Central Prison employee

A Wake County Grand Jury returned indictments on Friday, charging an inmate in connection with the violent attack on a Central Prison employee earlier this summer.

State agrees to penalty for shoddy drug dispensing records at Raleigh prisons

The state has agreed to pay a $190,000 penalty to the federal government for lax record-keeping on how drugs are dispensed at Central Prison and the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women, officials said Wednesday.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politcs editor