Press Releases

RALEIGH — Reporters and editors in need of visuals for stories on COVID-19 vaccinations within the N.C. prisons system can find high-quality stills and video here.

The North Carolina prison system has received its first allocation of coronavirus vaccine, and inoculations began Wednesday morning.  

A Hyde Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital on Saturday, Jan. 16.

Governor Roy Cooper approved the mobilization of an additional 100 North Carolina National Guardsmen to deploy to Washington, D.C. to support civilian authorities prior to and during the 59th Presidential Inauguration. They will arrive in Washington, D.C. on Monday.
 

Leaders with the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 3:30 p.m. to provide an update on COVID-19 and state prisons. Please see below for details on how to join the call.

Governor Roy Cooper has mobilized approximately 550 North Carolina National Guardsmen to assist with upcoming security needs in Washington, DC and North Carolina.

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $5.3 million to reimburse the North Carolina Department of Transportation for repairs resulting from severe storms and flooding in February 2020.

The grants include:  

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

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

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Embery Morton Jr. as the new warden of the Carteret Correctional Center in Newport, N.C.

Morton, 44, had been associate warden at the facility since 2015.