Press Releases

An offender participating in Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) who absconded from her approved residence in Burlington recently has been located. Kimberly Jones (#0217004) was serving active sentences for Larceny over $1,000 and Felony Breaking and Entering. She had a projected release date of Oct. 7, 2021.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Joseph Payne as director of the Edgecombe Youth Development Center in Rocky Mount. He replaces the recently retired Jameka Jackson.
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 Wake County. The offender was participating in the Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) initiative.
A team of American Correctional Association auditors has recommended accreditation be awarded to the Tyrrell Prison Work Farm, a high achievement and another step toward full accreditation of the prison system. “This accreditation is the gold standard in the corrections profession,” said Prisons’ audit administrator Paula Page, whose team of professionals assist and guide the facility in preparing for ACA Accreditation. “I am pleased the auditors recognized the hard work our staff do, and our commitment to correctional excellence.”
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of her active sentence outside of prison who has absconded from her residential location in Burlington. The offender was participating in the Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) initiative.
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 Avery County. The offender was participating in the Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) initiative.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of her active sentence outside of prison who has absconded from her residential location in Asheville. The offender was participating in the Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) initiative.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Tom Brickhouse as the new warden of the Pasquotank Correctional Institution in Elizabeth City. Brickhouse, 49, had been the warden at Hyde Correctional in Swan Quarter since 2019.
The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency is accepting public comments until June 27 on a proposed amendment to the state’s action plan that adds $34.6 million in HUD Community Development Block Grant–Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funding to the state’s existing action plan.
After a long history of disturbances, drug violations and numerous calls to the Whiteville Police Department, the neighborhood surrounding Central Middle School, should soon see long awaited changes. On Monday, June 21, 2021, Superior Court Judge Douglas B. Sasser signed a consent judgment for a Chapter 19 Nuisance Abatement action against David Lamont Jones, the property owner of 205 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Whiteville. The property sits directly across from Central Middle School and has affected school activities for years.