Press Releases

While today officially marks the end of the 2020 Hurricane Season, other types of weather are threatening North Carolina, as a winter storm affects western counties and severe storms are possible in the East.

Prisons’ leadership is consolidating some of its operations to help mitigate the surge of COVID-19 in North Carolina and its impact on the prison system.

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved more than $1.3 million to reimburse North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) for emergency protective measures related to Hurricane Dorian.

An offender participating in Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) who absconded from her approved residence on Oct. 30 has been apprehended in Raleigh. 

An Alexander Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

A public notice has been posted to the FEMA and North Carolina Emergency Management websites describing available FEMA assistance and proposed FEMA-funded actions, including activities that may affect historic properties, threatened and endangered species, critical habitat, or wetlands and floodp

The State Highway Patrol is gearing up for the holiday season and for the increased number of roadway users expected across our state.

A juvenile committed through the juvenile justice system to the custody of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice and housed at Mecklenburg Jail North Juvenile Detention Center has died from an apparent suicide.

An offender participating in Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) who absconded from his residence on November 13 has been apprehended.

An Anson Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

After a long history of fights, drug violations, and countless calls to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, a Maxton neighborhood can feel a little safer. 

A team of American Correctional Association auditors has recommended accreditation be awarded to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for its prison administration operations, a high achievement in what is the first step to full accreditation of the prison system.

The State Highway Patrol recognized the exemplary work of several members today during an awards ceremony held at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.

Following an ALE investigation, a night club’s ABC permits have been summarily suspended after four patrons and two off-duty police officers were shot in the parking lot.