Press Releases

Leaders of the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 2 p.m. to provide an update on COVID-19 vaccinations in state prisons. Please see below for details on how to join the call.

Over 40 arrests and more than 400 drug, alcohol and weapons charges were the result of a months-long investigation and a two-day roundup, which concluded Thursday.

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

After a long history of disturbances, drug violations and countless calls to the Surry County Sheriff’s Office, a Mount Airy neighborhood should soon feel a little safer.

On January 28, 2021, Superior Court Judge Lori Hamilton signed a judgment for a Chapter 19 Nuisance Abatement action against a Davie County property, 304 Legion Hut Road in Mocksville, N.C.

Over the weekend, state and local officials raided two illegal alcohol establishments and seized cash, alcohol, drugs and a stolen firearm.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has obligated $103 million to the State of North Carolina for costs for the COVID-19 vaccine mission.

Leaders of the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 2 p.m. to provide an update on COVID-19 vaccinations in state prisons. Please see below for details on how to join the call.

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

The NC National Guard deployed over 300 Soldiers and Airmen to support the 59th Presidential Inauguration. A security force of 300 personnel, members from the 42nd Civil Support Team (CBRN-WMD), and 10 personnel that operated a JISCC (Joint Incident Site Communications Capability).