Department of Adult Correction| NC DAC

Correctional Officers - Immediate Openings

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Openings across the state! Benefits you will appreciate and a generous pay scale! Hiring correctional officers, probation/parole officers, healthcare professionals, maintenance techs, and more!

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Prisons/Institutions

The Division of Institutions is responsible for the care and custody of more than 30,000 people housed in North Carolina's state prisons.

Community Supervision

The Division of Community Supervision provides probation, parole and post-release supervision for more than 84,000 offenders.

Rehabilitation & Reentry

The Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry oversees a comprehensive array of reentry programs, services, and resources.

Health Services

The Division of Comprehensive Health Services provides full-spectrum, evidence-based medical care to all offenders in custody.

Support Services

The Division of Support Services oversees multiple, complex operations across agency facilities statewide.

Special Ops & Intelligence

SOIU directs operational procedures and the processing of intelligence that impacts the public, staff and offenders.

Education Services

Education Services provides and coordinates a wide range of training, vocational and learning opportunities for offenders in every facility.

Benefitting NC Citizens

Correction Enterprises is a self-supported agency that fuels the economy and trains offenders for returning to the community.

Administrative Sections

Administrative sections include Combined Records, Internal Audit, Central Engineering, Legislative Affairs, PREA & more.

Victims Support Services

Victim Support Services assists victims and their family members throughout the correctional process.

Absconders

We are asking for the public’s help in locating these absconders - individuals who are actively avoiding probation or parole supervision.

Offender Public Information/Offender Locator

Search by name or offender ID for up-to-date info on NC offenders, probationers and parolees.

News & Updates

December 10, 2024

Reentry 2030 Progress Report Developed by the NC Joint Reentry Council

The first Reentry 2030 Progress Report provides a scorecard of progress on objectives, strategies, and metrics established by the NC Joint Reentry Council. It contains recommendations for the General Assembly's 2025 session for actions to improve reentry.

An offender receives his certificate for completing his first class in the furniture academy.

November 27, 2024

Furniture Academy Connects Offenders to Job Prospects

Seven offenders from Catawba CC are learning to build furniture and rebuild their lives. They are the first cohort of offender-students training in the furniture craft through an NCDAC / Catawba Valley Community College partnership.

November 7, 2024

Introducing North Carolina Prison News Today

New statewide offender-produced news publication includes articles, written mostly by incarcerated persons, about news, programs, and events happening in prison facilities. Learn more and read the 1st edition here.

Current Initiatives

ACA Accreditation

As part of its strategic plan, the NCDAC is pursuing American Correctional Association accreditation for all parts of the agency.

Air Conditioning Upgrades

This complex NCDAC project aims to design and install air conditioning at 40 state prisons that lack cooling systems, either partially or entirely, by 2026.

Hope University

Launched throughout the NC prison system, Hope University provides oﬀenders thousands of tablet-based academic, vocational, and self-improvement courses available to take at their own pace.

Reentry 2030

Reentry 2030 is a national initiative that aims to dramatically improve reentry success for people exiting prison & for those under community supervision.

Adult Correction