Topics Related to Prisons

The Division of Adult Correction has named Wendy Hardy as the new warden at the Roanoke River Correctional Institution in Tillery.

Correctional staff and law enforcement officers are searching for minimum custody offender Tyrell K. Dickey (#10665910) who escaped last night, May 16, from the Orange County Correctional Center in Hillsborough.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Michael Roach as warden of the Granville Correctional Institution in Butner.

In her role as warden at Caswell Correctional Center, Doris Daye sees acts of greatness every day. As a leader, she understands just how important it is to recognize and reward employees who go above and beyond their duties. Every month, Daye reaches into a jar and pulls out a card with an employee’s name on it. That person, along with the others in the drawing, was at some point “caught in the act of greatness” by co-workers and supervisors at the facility. 

The North Carolina state prison system now has some additional resources to help those incarcerated better their chances of being successful upon their release. Thanks to the expansion of the Second Chance Pell Experiment, two private universities and a community college in the state will offer incarcerated individuals the opportunity to participate in postsecondary educational programs.

The North Carolina Division of Prisons has presented awards to some of the men, women and organizations that provided outstanding support to the prison system over the past year.

“They have provided extraordinary contributions,’’ said Todd Ishee, Commissioner of Prisons. “They have made a major difference in our operations over the past year. Their valuable services have helped to make our prisons and communities safer.”

The state prison system, as part of its Correctional Officers and Correctional Employees Week observances, honored Prisons staff for exemplary work.

DPS and Prisons leadership and staff took time today to memorialize correctional employees who have died in the line of duty. The annual observance took place during Correctional Officers and Correctional Employees Week with a ceremony held at the Randall Building in downtown Raleigh.

 “This solemn but important occasion honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of their duty, to keep us all safe,” said N.C. DPS Secretary Eddie M. Buffaloe Jr. “When duty called, they answered time and time again until the ultimate call came.”

From the mountains to the sea, law enforcement officers from across North Carolina gathered today at a memorial service for the 30 uniformed men and women who died in the line of duty over the past year.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Mark Fleming as the new warden of Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro.