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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.
Governor Josh Stein has declared April as Second Chance Month in North Carolina, a time to focus attention on the challenges facing the thousands returning to their communities each year after completing their sentences in prison and post-release supervision.
NC First Lady Anna Stein
Today, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Se
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.
On Jan. 30, the NC Department of Adult Correction Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry hosted its first reentry simulation exclusively for women at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women.
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.