Press Releases
After 19 months of meeting, listening, observing and studying the North Carolina prison system, the Prison Reform Advisory Board today presented its recommendations for improvements to Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks.
The seven-person board drafted a report with 30 recommendations in areas such as safety and security, staffing, recruiting and retention and facility maintenance.
Some of the recommendations include:
On October 22, 2019 at approximately 7:59 pm a member of the State Highway Patrol was struck while conducting a traffic stop on US 1 in Vance County. The involved member was in the process of conducting a traffic stop on US 1 northbound near Sunrock Road when he was struck while outside of his patrol vehicle.
A nearby trooper responded to the scene and immediately provided medical aid to the injured member. The injured member was flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital and is in serious condition.
WHAT: N.C. Prison Reform Advisory Board Meeting
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 9-11 a.m.
WHERE: Governor’s Crime Commission, Room 100, 1201 Front St., Raleigh
ABOUT: Members of the Prison Reform Advisory Board – established by the Department of Public Safety to provide advice on best practices related to prison operations – will present the board’s recommendations report to DPS Secretary Erik A. Hooks.
What: The State Highway Patrol will hold a press event to kick off this year’s Operation Stop Arm school bus safety initiative. Representatives from the State Highway Patrol, the Department of Public Instruction and the Wake County Public School System will speak at this event.
When: Monday, October 21, 2019, at 10 a.m.
Where: Outside the Kerr Scott Building at the State Highway Patrol’s static display on the N.C. State Fairgrounds.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Ken Beaver as the new warden of the Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury.
Beaver had been the warden at Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville since 2017.
At 10:17 a.m. tomorrow more than 2.1 million people (including more than 347,000 school children in K-12th grade) have pledged to participate in the Great Southeast Shakeout, the world’s largest earthquake drill. Any individual, family, organization, school, agency or businesses can register for the event. However, if you or your group haven’t registered you can still practice the ‘Drop, Cover, and Hold On’ drill, the recommended action for people to take during an earthquake.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Robert Van Gorder as the new warden of the Sampson Correctional Institution in Clinton.
Van Gorder, 54, had been the associate warden for custody/operations at the prison since 2015.
A minimum custody offender at the Dan River Work Farm walked away from an off-site job training class in Roxboro at 3:05 p.m. today.
Steven Orlando Barrett Jr. (1287647) was last seen in the vicinity of the closed Person County Prison (which is used as a satellite classroom), where Barrett was a taking an electrical wiring class.
A Dan River Work Farm offender who walked away from an off-site job training class today is back in custody after being captured.