By the numbers
Almost 20,000
Employee Positions
One of the largest agencies in North Carolina state government.
More than $2 billion
Annual Budget
Annual budget of just over $2 billion for FY 2024-25
About 30,000
People in prison
Approximately 30,000 people incarcerated in state prisons
More than 84,000
Supervised offenders
More than 84,000 offenders are supervised on probation, parole or post-release supervision.