Topics Related to Rehabilitation and Reentry

MEDIA ADVISORY: Governor's Joint Reentry Council to Hold Meeting Wednesday, April 10

WHAT: The meeting of the Joint Reentry Council, established by Gov. Roy Cooper under Executive Order 303, issued Jan. 29, which directs all State Cabinet agencies to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.

The Executive Order also joins North Carolina to Reentry 2030, a multistate initiative to improve services and expand opportunities for offenders as a means to reduce recidivism.

WHEN: 10 a.m. – Noon, Wednesday, April 10

April is Second Chance Month in North Carolina

Second Chance Month Events
Tuesday, April 16 - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Driver's License Restoration Workshop
NC Works Career Center
1830-B Tillery Pl, Raleigh, 27604
Questions? Contact James Johnson - 919-754-5382

Thursday, April 25 - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Navigating Through Reentry
Craven Community College, 800 College Ct, New Bern, NC 28562
Naumann Community Room
Questions? Contact Angela Wilson - 252-514-3189

MEDIA ADVISORY: Governor's Joint Reentry Council to Hold Meeting, Tuesday, March 12

The monthly meeting of the NC Joint Reentry Council will take place at Wake Tech Community College's Beltline Education Center in Raleigh.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Governor’s Joint Reentry Council to Hold First Meeting Thursday, Feb. 15

WHAT: The inaugural meeting of the Joint Reentry Council, established by Governor Roy Cooper under Executive Order 303, issued Jan. 29, which directs all State Cabinet agencies to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.  The Executive Order also joins North Carolina to Reentry 2030, a multistate initiative to improve services and expand opportunities for offenders as a means to reduce recidivism.

WHEN: 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15

Offenders work on themselves as they build and repair for others

Caswell County's two NCDAC facilities offer vocational skills that ease reentry while providing positive benefits for the public.

Sampson Correctional Offenders Graduate with Campbell University Degrees

The following story was published by the Campbell University Office of Alumni Engagement.

CLINTON — Kevin Cook battled nerves and the graduation tassel that swung in front of his eyes as he spoke on behalf of his 10 classmates in front of the small crowd that gathered for the first commencement ceremony for Campbell University’s prison teaching program at Sampson Correctional Facility on Tuesday.

Third Field Minister Program Graduating Class Encouraged to be Positive Influencers in Prisons

The third graduating class of the North Carolina Field Minister Program at Nash Correctional Institution received their diplomas on June 7.

2023 Reentry Conference Wrap-up

More than 500 reentry professionals, advocates, service providers and local reentry council members participated in the three-day 2023 NC Reentry Conference. 

April is Second Chance month

April is Second Chance Month in North Carolina, a time to remember the obstacles faced by the more than 20,000 people returning to their communities after leaving state prisons.  
 
More than one-quarter of North Carolinians have criminal records that frequently triggers collateral consequences limiting their housing and employment opportunities.  
 

Second Class of Prison Field Ministers Graduates

In black robes and mortarboards over tan prison uniforms, 13 offenders graduated from the Field Ministers program Wednesday at Nash Correctional Institution.