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 ...

R. Kelly's legal team says his safety is at risk after he was hospitalized in what they call an assassination attempt by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Court documents state R. Kelly was rushed to ...

A convicted drug dealer escaped from Butner Federal Prison in Granville County and took a woman hostage at gunpoint in Lee ...

According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, deputies received reports of a woman being held hostage at gunpoint around 9:15 ...

BUTNER, N.C. (WTVD) -- Investigations are underway after a federal prisoner in Butner walked away from a minimum security prison camp and was later arrested following a hostage situation in Lee County ...

A federal inspection into the Butner Federal Correctional Complex’s handling of COVID-19 outbreaks found improper usage of masks, risky movements of inmates and difficulties following the U.S.

The coronavirus outbreak at the Federal Correctional Complex at Butner took another turn on Thursday when the Federal Bureau of Prisons reported that the number of staffers who have tested positive ...

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from a group of Butner inmates that the prison complex immediately release inmates vulnerable to COVID-19 and set up additional procedures to make the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A satellite view of the federal complex that includes Federal Correction Institution Butner Medium II, where a then-lieutenant ...