DURHAM – When Jorgie Brown exits the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW) early next month, she will be ready for new beginnings.
Blog: Correction Connection
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.
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.
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.
The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction honored the veterans among its staff with an early Veterans Day celebration Wednesday.
Offenders at Nash Correctional Institution held its own mock election, as a prelude to Election Day 2024.
NCDAC employees Chavis Everett, Darrell Monroe & Scott Surles were recognized this week as recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Award for Excellence.
North Carolina is one of six states selected to participate in a six-month Medicaid and Corrections Policy Academy in a pilot initiative to enhance reentry outcomes for people with complex needs transitioning from incarceration to the community.
Pamlico Community College instructors and administrators recently honored the perseverance and drive of 14 men who earned their associate degrees in Human Services Technology (HST) while housed at Pamlico Correctional Institution.
On July 11, 2024, 35 women graduated from Aramark's IN2WORK Warehouse & Supply Chain program at Anson Correctional Institution in Polkton. Also, in this class, 17 of the students applied for—and received—scholarships to further their education.
Congratulations to North Carolina's newest group of Probation/Parole Officers. The twenty-one officers from Class 5 for 2024 completed their seven-week basic training at the Samarcand Training Academy in Jackson Springs.
The NC Department of Adult Correction recognized outstanding Division of Community Supervision employees on July 10 in a celebration at the McKimmon Center at North Carolina State University.
For nearly a decade NCDAC has offered one-on-one and group peer support services to employees in an effort to help staff be at their best.
This year, the S.H.I.E.L.D. team has transformed services and service provision to provide improved, confidential mental health counseling, peer support, and outreach services to all NCDAC employees. S.H.I.E.L.D. is an acronym that stands for “support, hope, inclusion, empowerment, loyalty and dedication.”
Congratulations to North Carolina's newest group of Probation/Parole Officers. The 38 officers from "Class 3" and "Class 3A" (listed below) completed their eight-week basic training at Samarcand Training Academy in Jackson Springs.
Each year the Moore Recycling Center, an NCDAC Correction Enterprises operation in Carthage, recycles more than 300,000 pounds of aluminum waste.