Topics Related to Adult Correction

N.C. Prisons Now Performing Its Own COVID-19 Tests

The North Carolina Division of Prisons has invested in a newly approved COVID-19 testing platform, eliminating the need for outside labs to test for the virus.

Top Pandemic-Hardened Prison Employees Honored For Achievements

Prisons leadership this week honored several employees – including North Carolina’s Warden of the Year - for their outstanding work, tireless dedication and extraordinary achievements in the past year.

After a Year of Pandemic, Prisons’ Hard Work and Resilience are Paying Off

Vaccines have been a game-changer. It’s been a year since the pandemic first hit our state prison system. We’ve endured an awful year of heartbreak, surprises, adaptation, perseverance and the most logistically complicated mass-vaccination initiative since the polio vaccine was rolled out in the 1950s.

Fourth Year a Charm for N.C. Field Minister Program at Nash CI

The ongoing pandemic temporarily halted in-person educational programs in every state prison due to restrictions placed on outside visitation by instructors, as well as community colleges stopping classes. But it did not stop the N.C.

ELC: Reducing Prison Population to Lower the Risk of COVID-19

Updated 3-3-2021: Requirements for the ELC program were recently ammended. Offenders with projected release dates in 2021 will be reviewed for possible participation in ELC.

Epley Saw Western Youth Institution Built & Will See It Fall

Jerlene Epley, one of hundreds of employees who worked at Western Youth Institution during its 41 years of operation, saw it built from the ground-up. On Saturday, June 11, she will see the “High Rise” fall back to the earth.

Telehealth a Long-Distance Win for Prisons, Providers

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, offenders in North Carolina prisons who needed specialty visits to outside medical centers for treatment of physical ailments could spend an entire day traveling across the state to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, transported by correctional off

As the Decades Rolled By, Central Prison Changed Dramatically

Ground was broken on the imposing stone fortress known as Central Prison in Raleigh 150 years ago as convicts wielded shovels and chipped granite blocks from a nearby quarry to build its 30-foot walls.

After 40 Years, Daniels Said It Was “Time to Let It Go”

Former warden Dennis Daniels looks back with a sense of pride and accomplishment on his nearly 40 years of service in the only fulltime work environment he ever knew. 

Prisons' Response Team Members Compete in NC SWAT Competition

Members of the Prisons’ Special Operations Response Team, along with a member from the Prisons’ Special Operations Target Interdiction Team (Snipers), placed third overall in the 2019 North Carolina Tactical Officer’s Association 26th annual SWAT Competition at the NC Justice Academy in Salemburg