Press Releases

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kristie Stanback as the new superintendent at Hoke Correctional Institution in McCain.  Stanback is a 20-year corrections veteran who most recently served as assistant superintendent for custody and operations at Hoke CI.

RALEIGH – The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Chandra Ransom as the new superintendent at Randolph Correctional Center in Asheboro.

The State Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of the vehicle in the video accessible at this website:  http://www2.ncdps.gov/index2.cfm?a=000002,003304. 

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice this week notified staff at Brown Creek Correctional Institution of plans to convert the medium-custody prison facility to house approximately 350 minimum-custody inmates and operate it as a part of neighboring Lanesboro Correctional Instituti

Raleigh, NC - Hurricanes and tropical storms regularly threaten North Carolina communities with dangerous flooding and storm surge. But a partnership between the National Hurricane Center, North Carolina Emergency Management and N.C.

Colonel Bill Grey, commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and Frank L.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named James W. Speight of Wilmington as Director of Juvenile Facilities Operations. Speight most recently served as director of the New Hanover Juvenile Detention Center in Castle Hayne.

The Spring 2016 Highway Patrol Awards Ceremony honored 21 people including a pilot of a medical evacuation team and his cargo -- a trooper who had been shot seven times. Others in the Highway Patrol saved victims of choking, heart attacks, fire and car crashes.

A State Trooper is being credited with arresting a murder suspect wanted in the death of a Durham Store Clerk on April 27, 2016.

As North Carolinians begin making summer plans, Governor Pat McCrory has declared May 15-21 as Hurricane Preparedness Week to remind residents to update their emergency plans and supply kits. Hurricane season officially begins June 1 and runs through November.