Offender William Cooper (# 0940349), who escaped Monday from Orange Correctional Center, was recaptured this morning.
Tyrrell Prison Work Farm offender Michael F. Crumbley (#0094464) has died from injuries sustained as a result of an assault by other offenders on June 9. Crumbley was pronounced deceased today at 1:33 a.m. at an outside medical facility.
American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to the Craggy Correctional Institution, a high achievement, and another step toward full accreditation of the North Carolina prison system.
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, this week’s theme from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is acceptance and compassion.
The N.C. Department of Adult Correction honored its top Prisons employees and outside volunteers Wednesday, May 3.
The N.C. Department of Adult Correction will offer career opportunities and sign-on bonuses during a hiring event Friday in Fayetteville.
Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Travis Byrd as the new warden of Craggy Correctional Center.
Death Row offender Allen R. Holman (#0587681) died of natural causes around 1:45 p.m. at an outside medical center this afternoon.
Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Harold Reep as the new warden of Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton.
Warden Reep most recently served as the compliance manager for the prison system’s western region.
UPDATE: Members of a prison emergency response team captured Stephon J. Easterling at 6:34 p.m., roughly eight hours after he walked off an off-prison job. He was picked up on Leak Street in Rockingham.
Scotland Correctional Institution offender Edward D. Gregory (#0802946) died in an apparent suicide on Monday, April 3, 2023.
Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Lucketchia Boston as warden of the minimum-security prison for adult males located on 200 acres near Columbia.
For his extraordinary and proactive efforts to improve one of the largest prisons in the state, Tabor Correctional Institution Warden Jamie Bullard has been named the 2022 North Carolina Warden of the Year.
TROY —Southern Correctional Institution offender Keith B. Parks (#0750585) has died in an apparent suicide.
Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Gregory Groff as the new warden of Richmond Correctional Institution in Hoffman.