Authorities are working to regain control of a North Carolina detention center after inmates assaulted guards and seized part ...

An inmate takeover of a North Carolina jail was resolved Monday after the negotiated release of two guards who were taken hostage and the transfer of all its inmates, authorities said.

Authorities have retaken control of a jail in eastern North Carolina where inmates overpowered correctional staff and took ...

The authorities have not yet explained what led to the takeover, which ended Monday afternoon after unspecified negotiations.

Inmates took control of the Bertie-Martin Detention Center, holding guards hostage before law enforcement safely resolved the ...