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A two-day initiative named “Operation Safe Summer,” focusing on offenders with outstanding warrants , gang and drug violations, and the compliance of high-risk offenders on probation and parole supervision, resulted in the arrest of 69 individuals, the service of more than 144 warrants, and 296 c

At approximately 3 a.m., on Monday, June 20, 2016, the State Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle collision one-mile north of Rolesville.

The North Carolina state prison system is ending the use of solitary confinement for its youngest inmates and introducing a new youthful offender program to focus on the needs of young people serving sentences in the adult prison system.

The Department of Public Safety and Windsor Police Department are investigating the death of an inmate following a fight Friday night at Bertie Correctional Institution.

MEDIA ADVISORY   

What:  Crime Victims Compensation Quarterly Commission Meeting

When: Wednesday, June 15, 10 a.m.

A two-day initiative named Operation Big Show focusing on the compliance of high-risk offenders on probation and parole supervision resulted in the arrest of 54 individuals and the service of more than 100 warrants. 

The Rocky Mount Police Department, in collaboration with the United States Marshals Service and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, will be conducting a media briefing Thursday, June 9 at 11:30 a.m.

Officials with the Department of Public Safety have requested that law enforcement look into the cause of death of an inmate at Caledonia Correctional Institution.

The first class of three assistance dogs trained by inmates through the “At Both Ends of the Leash” (ABEL) program at Franklin Correctional Center graduated today to be placed with people with disabilities.