Press Releases

WHAT: Juvenile Justice Hiring Event

WHEN: Tuesday, May 11, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

WHERE: Dillon Regional Juvenile Detention Center
                100 Dillon Dr.

RALEIGH — Lucketchia Boston, associate warden for operations at Tyrrell Prison Work Farm in Columbia, won the state prison system’s 2021 Manager Award.

ALE special agents recently concluded an investigation resulting in multiple arrests and seizures.

After countless years and a long history of disturbances, drug violations and countless calls to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, this neighborhood has worked together with the Sheriff’s Office to ensure their children and families are safer.

For his extraordinary and proactive efforts to battle the pandemic, the warden at Nash Correctional Institution, Drew Stanley, has been named the warden of the year in North Carolina.

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $12,918,220 to help Nags Head renourish its beaches and restore dune plants and fencing destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. 

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $4,143,871 to help the Town of Kill Devil Hills renourish its beaches and restore dune plants and fencing destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. 

Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 2-8 as Correctional Officers and Correctional Employees Week in North Carolina, in recognition of the essential public service provided by employees in the state’s prison system. 

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Stephen Jacobs as the new warden of Tabor Correctional Institution in Tabor City.

Jacobs, 53, had been the warden at Lumberton Correctional Institution in Lumberton since 2020.

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $1,341,829 to reimburse the North Carolina Department of Transportation for road system repairs from Hurricane Florence damage in 2018.