Department of Adult Correction| NC DAC

Openings across NC

Join Team NCDAC!

Benefits you will appreciate and a generous pay scale! Hiring COs, PPOs, healthcare pros, maintenance techs, and more!

View openings and apply today

NC Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force

Governor Stein has announced the establishment of this new task force and named NCDAC Secretary Dismukes as co-chair.

Read Gov. Stein's news release

Governor's School Supply Drive

NCDAC-donated supplies dropped off at Lumberton Middle and High Schools this week!

Cabinet Reentry Simulation

Governor and First lady join NC Cabinet members in a reentry simulation hosted by NCDAC.

Celebrating our Doctoral Interns

We have internship opportunities in healthcare, PPOs, MBA , finance, and lots more!

Interested? Learn more here.

Congratulations!

Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes was officially confirmed by the NC Senate into her position as Secretary of Adult Correction.

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.

Victim 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

August 19, 2025

Gov. Stein Forms Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force, Continues Office of Violence Prevention

Governor Josh Stein signed Executive Order 21, announcing the continuation of the Office of Violence Protection and the establishment of the Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force, co-chaired by Secretary Dismukes.

group of winners at Best of IT award ceremony

August 20, 2025

NCDAC's IT team receives 'Best of NC IT' Award

The Best of North Carolina Technology Awards were presented at the NC Digital Government Summit to recognize the hard work and dedication of state and local agencies, universities and community colleges.

August 4, 2025

Governor and First Lady Stein, Cabinet Members Participate in Reentry Simulation

Governor Josh Stein and First Lady Anna Stein, along with members of the Governor’s Cabinet and other agency leaders, learned about life after incarceration when they participated in a reentry simulation organized by the Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry.

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 2027.

Hope University

Hope University provides incarcerated people 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.