Eligible North Carolina offenders can now receive a state ID card when they’re released from prison.
Press Releases
Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Vernon Richards as the new Warden at Gaston Correctional Center in Dallas, North Carolina.
Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named David May as the new warden of Eastern Correctional Institution in Maury.
American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to the Nash Correctional Institution, a high achievement and another step toward full accreditation of the North Carolina prison system.
Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Matthew Neil Brown #0988777 who escaped tonight from Caldwell Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison facility in Lenoir.
With great thanks for the vital public service provided by the state’s probation/parole officers, Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed July 16-22, 2023, as Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Officers’ Week in North Carolina.
American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to the Caldwell Correctional Center, a high achievement and another step toward full accreditation of the North Carolina prison system.
The first air conditioning project is complete in a long-term process to cool all housing areas in the North Carolina prison system, and hundreds more beds are on schedule to be air-conditioned by the end of July.
Offender William Cooper (# 0940349), who escaped Monday from Orange Correctional Center, was recaptured this morning.
Tyrrell Prison Work Farm offender Michael F. Crumbley (#0094464) has died from injuries sustained as a result of an assault by other offenders on June 9. Crumbley was pronounced deceased today at 1:33 a.m. at an outside medical facility.
American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to the Craggy Correctional Institution, a high achievement, and another step toward full accreditation of the North Carolina prison system.
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, this week’s theme from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is acceptance and compassion.
The N.C. Department of Adult Correction honored its top Prisons employees and outside volunteers Wednesday, May 3.
The N.C. Department of Adult Correction will offer career opportunities and sign-on bonuses during a hiring event Friday in Fayetteville.
Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Travis Byrd as the new warden of Craggy Correctional Center.