Press Releases

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of her active sentence outside of prison who walked away from her residential location in Raleigh.

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

RALEIGH - The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of his active sentence outside of prison who walked away from his residential location in Charlotte.

Residents in a Maxton neighborhood are hoping that a recent judge’s order will help restore peace in their community.  

An offender participating in Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) who walked away from his residence has been apprehended.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of his active sentence outside of prison who walked away from his residential location.

Monroe – The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice reports a juvenile who ran away from the Union County Multi-Purpose Group home in Monroe has been apprehended.

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $3.18 million to reimburse the North Carolina Department of Transportation for Hurricane Florence-related road and culvert repair in Wilson County.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice reports a juvenile ran away as he was being admitted to the Union County Multi-Purpose Group Home located in Monroe.

A Burlington store owner surrendered his ABC permits to ALE after a shooting occurred in the store parking lot.  

In accordance with Gov. Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 145, NCDPS is proactively working to promote positive relationships between law enforcement and communities to create a safer North Carolina.

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

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Stephen B. Waddell as the new warden of the Greene Correctional Institution in Greene County.Waddell, 48, had been the deputy warden at Central Prison in Raleigh since 2014.

Governor Roy Cooper announced today that applications are now being accepted for the N.C. Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) Program, which will assist eligible low- and- moderate-income renters experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19.

The State Emergency Response Commission will meet via teleconference on Friday, Oct 16. The meeting will be available via livestream at ncdps.gov/news-conference.