Press Releases

Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. shared an update on the state’s COVID-19 progress.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of his active sentence outside of prison who has absconded from his residential location in Wilkesboro.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of his active sentence outside of prison who has absconded from his residential location in Wilmington.

A Central Prison offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

A Caledonia Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

WHAT: Juvenile Justice Hiring Event

WHEN: Tuesday, May 11, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

WHERE: Dillon Regional Juvenile Detention Center
                100 Dillon Dr.

RALEIGH — Sgt. Paul Horton of Eastern Correctional Institution in Maury won the state prison system’s 2021 Custody Award.

RALEIGH — Cindy Haynes has won the state prison system’s 2021 Programs Award.

RALEIGH — Lead nurse supervisor at Craven Correctional Institution James Menke has won this year’s Innovations and Teams Award for his creation of a sophisticated medication tracking and recovery system at the prison.

RALEIGH — An administrative officer at Pender Correctional Institution in Burgaw has won Prisons Support Service Award for her extraordinary work to streamline COVID-19 testing of the staff at the prison.