Topics Related to Rehabilitation and Reentry
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.
The North Carolina Joint Reentry Council will hold its next meeting Thursday March 27, in Raleigh.
Joint Reentry Council Meeting
Wake Tech Community College Beltline Education Center
3200 Bush Street, Raleigh, NC 27609
March 27, 2025
10 a.m.
The Joint Reentry Council works to coordinate efforts to improve rehabilitation and reentry for people returning to their communities after serving a sentence in prison or jail.
Agenda
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.
WHAT: Quarterly meeting of the State Reentry Council Collaborative (SRCC). The SRCC was established by the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper in 2017 and is managed by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. The SRCC is made up of representatives from across state and local government whose agency responsibilities intersect with the incarceration or reentry process for people in North Carolina.
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.
WHAT: Monthly meeting of the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 23, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE: Greg Poole, Jr. All Faiths Chapel (Dorothea Dix Park), 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603.
WHO: Council members, honored guests, speakers and a chance for public comment
AGENDA