Department of Adult Correction| NC DAC

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Correctional Officers - Immediate Openings

Join Team NCDAC!

Openings across the state! Benefits you will appreciate and a generous pay scale! Hiring correctional officers, probation/parole officers, healthcare professionals, maintenance techs, and more!

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Prisons/Institutions

The Division of Institutions is responsible for the care and custody of more than 30,000 people housed in North Carolina's state prisons.

Community Supervision

The Division of Community Supervision provides probation, parole and post-release supervision for more than 84,000 offenders.

Rehabilitation & Reentry

The Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry oversees a comprehensive array of reentry programs, services, and resources.

Health Services

The Division of Comprehensive Health Services provides full-spectrum, evidence-based medical care to all offenders in custody.

Support Services

The Division of Support Services oversees multiple, complex operations across agency facilities statewide.

Special Operations & Intelligence

SOIU directs operational procedures and the processing of intelligence that impacts the public, staff and offenders.

Education Services

Education Services provides and coordinates a wide range of training, vocational and learning opportunities for offenders in every facility.

Benefitting NC Citizens

Correction Enterprises is a self-supported agency that fuels the economy and trains offenders for returning to the community.

Administrative Sections

Administrative sections include Combined Records, Internal Audit, Central Engineering, Legislative Affairs, PREA & more.

Victims Support Services

Victim Support Services assists victims and their family members throughout the correctional process.

Absconders

We are asking for the public’s help in locating these absconders - individuals who are actively avoiding probation or parole supervision.

Offender Public Information/Offender Locator

Search by name or offender ID for up-to-date info on NC offenders, probationers and parolees.

News & Updates

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August 12, 2024

A Fruitful Six Months for Community Supervision

We take this opportunity to highlight the great work NCDAC’s probation/parole officers have accomplished during the first six months of this year.

August 13, 2024

Governor Cooper Announces Release of Historic, Whole-of Government Reentry Strategic Plan

Learn more about the plan and NCDAC's commitment to dramatically improve reentry success.

offender gives speech at graduation held at Pamlico CI

September 4, 2024

Fourteen men at Pamlico CI earn Pamlico Community College degrees

Pamlico Community College instructors and administrators honored the perseverance of 14 men who earned their associate degrees in Human Services Technology while housed at Pamlico Correctional Institution.

Current Initiatives

ACA Accreditation

As part of its strategic plan, the NCDAC is pursuing American Correctional Association accreditation for all parts of the agency.

Air Conditioning Upgrades

This complex NCDAC project aims to design and install air conditioning at 40 state prisons that lack cooling systems, either partially or entirely, by 2026.

Hope University

Launched throughout the NC prison system, Hope University provides oﬀenders thousands of tablet-based academic, vocational, and self-improvement courses available to take at their own pace.

Reentry 2030

Reentry 2030 is a national initiative that aims to dramatically improve reentry success for people exiting prison & for those under community supervision.

Adult Correction