Press Releases

James Vaughan Named New Warden at Pasquotank Correctional

RALEIGH -- The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named James Vaughan as the new warden of the Pasquotank Correctional Institution in Elizabeth City.

UPDATE: Wilkes Correctional Center Offender Roger Hawkins Back in Custody

Wilkes Correctional Center minimum custody offender Roger W.

Wilkes Correctional Center Offender Roger Hawkins Missing From Work Assignment

State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking Wilkes Correctional Center minimum custody offender Roger W. Hawkins (#0500925), who was reported missing from his work release assignment this afternoon.

Neuse Correctional Offender Died in Apparent Suicide

Offender Joshua A. Biby (#0636287) died this morning at Neuse Correctional Institution in an apparent suicide.

Escaped inmate captured in Durham

Escaped inmate Robert Terrell (#0579121) was arrested at about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday by Durham Police, assisted by correctional officers from the NC Department of Public Safety.

Orange Correctional Center inmate escapes

Corrections and law enforcement officers are looking for Robert Terrell (#0579121) a minimum-security inmate from Orange Correctional Center who left from a work release assignment in Durham this evening

New Warden Named at Albemarle Correctional

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kenneth Diggs as the new warden of the Albemarle Correctional Institution in Badin.

Offender Killed at Alexander Correctional

An offender was stabbed to death by another offender during an altercation at Alexander Correctional Institution on Wednesday night.

Prison Reform Advisory Board Provides in-Depth Look at Improving State Prisons

After 19 months of meeting, listening, observing and studying the North Carolina prison system, the Prison Reform Advisory Board today presented its recommendations for improvements to Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Final Prison Reform Advisory Board Meeting

WHAT: N.C. Prison Reform Advisory Board Meeting

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 9-11 a.m.

WHERE: Governor’s Crime Commission, Room 100, 1201 Front St., Raleigh