The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction and WakeMed Health & Hospitals have successfully concluded their pioneering pilot partnership to train potential prison chaplains through WakeMed’s Clinical Pastoral Education program.
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The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction and WakeMed Health & Hospitals have entered a first-in-the-nation pilot partnership to train potential prison chaplains through the health system's CPE program. .
North Carolina Prison News Today and The Nash News honored by "Pulitzer Prizes of prison journalism."
Five women in custody have earned certification in Braille transcription, providing a service for the visually impaired population and a boost to their own reentry prospects.
For the first time, medium custody offenders not only participated in a reentry simulation but also served as volunteers providing information at Maury Correctional Institution.
Partnership between the Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry, Correction Enterprises and the Division of Workforce Solutions within the N.C. Department of Commerce will assist in providing a second chance upon exiting prison.
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.
Jacqueline Smith and LuKesha Wright are kept quite busy with their daily duties as social workers at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women and Johnston Correctional Institution, respectively. Add to that the daily stressors of life and you’d think they wouldn’t have enough hours for another time-consuming activity.
Both women are now pursuing master’s degrees in social work, both in-person and online. Wright is currently in her first year at Fayetteville State University, while Smith will begin this summer at North Carolina State University.
Prison volunteer and Catholic deacon Michael Vandiver was recognized with Papal honors in front of Interim Director of Chaplaincy Services Sarah Jobe (right), family and fellow parishioners.