Press Releases

At three North Carolina prisons, inmates are getting behind the wheel and learning new skills in commercial driving, with aspirations of working as truck or bus drivers after their release from prison

A Tabor Correctional Institution inmate who left his work assignment on Tuesday is back in custody after being captured today at 1 a.m.

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking Ricky Robinson (#0348782), a minimum custody inmate from Tabor Correctional Institution in Columbus County who was

Death row inmate Malcolm Geddie, 70, died Sunday of natural causes at a Raleigh hospital.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed an executive order declaring a Type 1 disaster in Sampson County and the contiguous counties of Bladen, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Johnston, Pender, and Wayne.

Governor Roy Cooper has received the U.S. Small Business Administration disaster declaration he requested to help residents and business owners in southeastern North Carolina recover from the straight line winds and severe storms that struck Sampson County May 29.

What: Crime Victims Compensation Quarterly Commission MeetingWhen: Wednesday, June 14, 10 a.m.Where: Victim Compensation Conference Room, Ground Floor, G-24D of the Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh

The State Highway Patrol has announced it will host the Blue Knights International Motorcycle Club in the 12th Annual Officer Down Memorial event. Several law enforcement agencies will be on hand to include the N.C.

Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks has named Wayne Woodard to be interim director of Private Protective Services. Woodard, a former director of both the Criminal Justice Standards Commission and Private Protective Services, assumed his new duties June 5.

Grace Dilda, a processing assistant with the Department of Public Safety’s Controller’s Office, received the Richard Caswell Award at a ceremony today in honor of her long years of dedicated service to the state of North Carolina.

What: Governor’s Crime Commission Quarterly Meeting When: Thursday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Governor’s Crime Commission, First Floor Conference Room, 1201 Front St., Raleigh

The State Highway Patrol has announced its participation in an International Road Check enforcement program, combining efforts with approximately 10,000 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) certified inspectors from local, state and federal organizations across North America.

Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks and other state officials held a dedication today to officially open the state-of-the-art Firearms Training Center at Samarcand Training Academy in Moore County.

An inmate who escaped from the Gaston Correctional Center Friday morning is back in custody after being captured late this afternoon. Members of the prison staff, along with the Gastonia Police Department, captured Tony Meeks in Gastonia around 5:40 p.m.  

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Tony Meeks (#0485911), who has escaped from Gaston Correctional Center, a minimum-security facility in Dallas.