Linwood Etheridge Jr. is the new warden of Tyrrell Prison Work Farm. Etheridge previously served as the facility's associate warden of operations.
"It was fortunate that an excellent candidate to take the leadership of Tyrrell Prison Work Farm was already in place," said Secretary of Adult Education Leslie Cooley Dismukes. "Warden Etheridge's years of experience there, as well as at other facilities and at all custody levels, will be a great benefit to Tyrrell and to the entire department."
As warden, Etheridge is in charge of all operations at the Columbia correctional facility, which houses about 300 men in minimum custody. Tyrrell PWF offers rehabilitative work assignments and self-enhancement programs such as high school equivalency and behavioral accountability.
Etheridge has worked much of his career at Tyrrell PWF, starting as a correctional officer in 2008. He earned a promotion to sergeant in 2012 and to lieutenant in 2015, serving at Pasquotank Correctional Institution and at Tyrrell. He was a correctional program director and hearing officer at Warren Correctional Institution before returning to Tyrrell as associate warden in 2023.
His other correctional experience includes service as a facility safety officer, a PREA compliance manager and guiding Tyrrell PWF through American Correctional Association accreditation. He has completed crisis intervention and PEAK Performance training and is currently working toward a degree in business administration at Beaufort Community College.
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