N.C. Department of Public Safety, including its divisions of Emergency Management and the N.C. National Guard, are actively planning and coordinating with N.C. Department of Health and Human Services to create options for how Guard personnel may augment existing vaccination resources.
An offender at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.
Offender Corey Hudson (1309142) died Christmas night at Marion Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide. He was found unresponsive in a housing area at 8:37 p.m. CPR was initiated by prison medical staff.
Offender Darrell Black (#0512155) died Monday at Piedmont Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide. He was found unresponsive in a housing area at 4:52 p.m. Prison medical staff and local paramedics responded and worked to resuscitate the offender. He was pronounced dead at 5:21 p.m.
A team of American Correctional Association auditors has recommended accreditation be awarded to the Moore Recycling Plant, a Correction Enterprise operation that recycles license plates and road signs.
The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $1.72 million to reimburse the North Carolina Department of Transportation for Hurricane Florence-related road and culvert repairs in Johnston and Wilson counties.