On Sept. 28 at approximately 9:45 p.m. at Columbus Correctional Institution, offender Scott Whitmeyer (#1402845) was assaulted with a homemade weapon at the facility. Correctional staff responded and worked to resuscitate the offender. Whitmeyer was transported to a local medical facility, where he was pronounced dead by local medical officials at 10:45 p.m.
Press Releases
WHAT: ABEL Leash Ceremony
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 26, 1 p.m.
WHERE: Warren Correctional Institution Visitation Area
379 Collins Road
Manson, NC 27553
The State of North Carolina and FEMA are announcing more than $6.5 million to the Pender County Board of Education for Hurricane Florence-related cleaning costs.
The funds reimburse mold remediation at Pender County elementary, middle and high schools that flooded during Hurricane Florence. The mold removal eliminated health and safety threats so students, faculty and staff could return to school.
As part of ongoing reform efforts, the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will temporarily suspend operations at three minimum custody facilities and move correctional officers and other staff to neighboring prisons to address staffing challenges. This action is intended to better utilize available staff and ultimately make state prisons and communities safer.
State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking Wake Correctional Center minimum custody offender Latroy Strickland (# 0565506), who was reported missing from the facility last night in Garner while on work release. Strickland was last seen near his work site in Garner around 4 p.m. yesterday and failed to return to custody as required by 8:30 p.m.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Melanie Shelton as the new warden of the Sanford Correctional Center in Sanford.
Shelton had been the assistant warden at Harnett Correctional Institution in Lillington.
In her new position, Shelton is responsible for all operations at the Sanford Correctional Center, which opened in the 1930s and houses minimum custody adult male offenders.
DURHAM, N.C. – FEMA and the State of North Carolina are announcing more than $1.9 million to reimburse Pamlico County for debris cleanup activities following Hurricane Florence.
Funds for this project will reimburse the removal of vegetation and other Hurricane Florence-related debris from public rights of way throughout the county. The approved funds cover completed work through Nov. 30, 2018.
FEMA has approved approximately $3.5 million to Pamlico County for Hurricane Florence-related expenses.
WHAT: N.C. Prison Reform Advisory Board Meeting
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
WHERE: Governor’s Crime Commission, Room 100, 1201 Front St., Raleigh
DURHAM, N.C. – FEMA and the state of North Carolina are announcing more than $18 million to reimburse expenses restoring beaches damaged during Hurricane Florence.
The funds reimburse nourishing sand and replacing plants at beaches located in the towns of Indian Beach and Pine Knoll Shores following damage from Hurricane Florence’s storm surge.
Donations to North Carolina’s Disaster Relief Fund following Hurricane Florence have helped thousands of North Carolina families with housing, repairs and other needs in the past year. Governor Roy Cooper today thanked contributors as he met with storm survivors and non-profit partners in impacted communities this week.