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American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to the Caldwell Correctional Center, a high achievement and another step toward full accreditation of the North Carolina prison system.
The first air conditioning project is complete in a long-term process to cool all housing areas in the North Carolina prison system, and hundreds more beds are on schedule to be air-conditioned by the end of July.
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.
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.
“Warden Reep is an outstanding veteran leader with extensive experience in a number of our prisons spanning almost three decades,” said Ishee. “He knows the business back and forth, and he knows Foothills Correctional from top to bottom.”