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DURHAM – When Jorgie Brown exits the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW) early next month, she will be ready for new beginnings. She has been busy preparing for her release after spending almost four years in prison for a drug trafficking conviction in Carteret County. She says she has worked hard to prepare for her reentry into society and is grateful she will be employed when he leaves the facility.

This post was originally published on the Education Commission of the States from Dr. Brooke Wheeler, NCDAC superintendent of education. Dr. Wheeler would like to thank Ziev Dalsheim-Kahane, criminal justice and public safety policy advisor for Gov. Roy Cooper, for support on this post.

Seven offenders from Catawba Correctional Center are learning to build furniture and rebuild their lives. They are the first cohort of offender-students training in the furniture craft through a partnership between the N.C. Department of Adult Correction and Catawba Valley Community College.

The monthly meeting of the N.C. Joint Reentry Council took place Nov. 21 at the NCDAC Office of Staff Development and Training in Apex. Offender rehabilitation and reentry stakeholders received updates from NCDAC Chief Deputy Secretary of Rehabilitative and Correctional Services Maggie Brewer and Deputy Secretary of Rehabilitation and Reentry George Pettigrew, as well as presentations from two reentry stakeholders. 

The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction honored the veterans among its staff with an early Veterans Day celebration Wednesday.Governor Roy Cooper joined NC Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee  and Secretary (and retired US Army Lt. Col.) Grier Martin of the NC Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs in thanking veterans for their service, both to the United States and to NCDAC.

Offenders at Nash Correctional Institution held its own mock election, as a prelude to Election Day 2024.

NCDAC employees Chavis Everett, Darrell Monroe & Scott Surles were recognized this week as recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Award for Excellence.

North Carolina is one of six states selected to participate in a six-month Medicaid and Corrections Policy Academy in a pilot initiative to enhance reentry outcomes for people with complex needs transitioning from incarceration to the community.

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