Department of Adult Correction| NC DAC

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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Celebrating Passover

Our NCDAC food service team and chaplains coordinate Seders and Passover meals across all facilities.

NCDAC Women Coordinators

More than 100 women from Team NCDAC met to collaborate, lead, learn, and mentor.

First Lady joins JRC

NC First Lady Anna Stein was named to the Joint Reentry Council during the NC Rehab & Reentry Conference.

Gov. Stein Proclaims April "Second Chance Month"

Randall Building Women's Luncheon

NCDAC staff in Raleigh's Randall office celebrate women in corrections.

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 Ops & 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.

Victim 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

John Coleman accepts award at NCIA conference

April 23, 2025

Correction Enterprises recognized at NCIA conference

Congratulations to Correction Enterprises for a few well-deserved recognitions received at this year's National Correctional Industries Association Training Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.

April 23, 2025

NC Health News Spotlights Reentry Efforts

'Right and smart thing to do’: Momentum for boosting support to people coming home after incarceration continues in second year. Read the article here.

Jorgie Brown and Duke Divinity Certificate

April 17, 2025

Duke Divinity Studies Change Offender’s Worldview as She Readies to Leave NCCIW

Jorgie Brown received the Certificate of Achievement in Theological Education from Duke Divinity School on April 10 before her release from prison.

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.