Press Releases

Governor Roy Cooper announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted his request for a disaster declaration for Mecklenburg County and Catawba County, and the contiguous counties of Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, and Union.

North Carolina State Highway Patrol promotions are being put on hold while Internal Affairs investigates an allegation that the promotional testing process was compromised.

DURHAM, N.C. – FEMA and the state of North Carolina are announcing $3 million to reimburse New Hanover County for debris cleanup activities following Hurricane Florence. 

When disaster strikes, it takes trained individuals to step up and perform the needed roles on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).

Governor Roy Cooper signed a letter requesting that the U.S.

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s Division of Community Corrections has named Sheila Moore as the new Judicial Division Administrator for Division Two. 

Two minimum custody offenders who escaped from Morrison Correctional Institution in Hoffman this morning were apprehended while hiding in the crawlspace of a residence in Hamlet this evening.

State correctional officers and local law enforcement are seeking two minimum custody offenders who escaped from Morrison Correctional Institution in Hoffman this morning.

Gary Thompson’s name has been showing up in some very high-profile places: In fact, on some of the most prestigious lists for a professional with expertise in the Global Positioning System (GPS), the satellite technology that supports everything from mapping apps on your smartphone to weather foreca

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Doris Daye as the new warden of the Caswell Correctional Center in Blanch.Daye, 50, had been the assistant superintendent for programs at Polk Correctional Institution in Butner.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kristie Brayboy as the new warden of the Morrison Correctional Institution in Hoffman.

FEMA and the state of North Carolina have approved funding of more than $1.4 million for 24 generators, which will help North Carolina communities become more resilient in the face of future storms and disasters.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (ACJJ) will temporarily suspend operations at the Robeson Confinement in Response to Violation (CRV) Center in Lumberton as a way to assist regional facilities with high correctional officer vacancy rates.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named John Godfrey as the new warden of the Harnett Correctional Institution in Lillington.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Teresa Jardon as the new warden of the Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton.Jardon, 49, had been the operations manager for the Division of Prisons’ western region.