Friday, October 26, 2018

Barney Owens Named Superintendent at Pamlico Correctional Institution

RALEIGH
Oct 26, 2018

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Barney Owens as the new superintendent at Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro.

Owens, 52, is a 24-year employee with the Department of Public Safety. He has spent the last 18 years at Pamlico CI after a promotion from Craven Correctional Institution to correctional lieutenant in 2000. He was promoted to captain in 2005, and then assistant superintendent of custody and operations in 2015.

Owens, a native of New Bern, has an associate degree in criminal justice from Craven Community College.  

Pamlico CI houses approximately 550 male inmates in medium custody.

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