Topics Related to Prisons

N.C. Prisons Honors Fallen Staff

May 4, 2022

DPS and Prisons leadership and staff took time today to memorialize correctional employees who have died in the line of duty. The annual observance took place during Correctional Officers and Correctional Employees Week with a ceremony held at the Randall Building in downtown Raleigh.

Hundreds Gather to Honor the State’s Fallen Officers

May 3, 2022

From the mountains to the sea, law enforcement officers from across North Carolina gathered today at a memorial service for the 30 uniformed men and women who died in the line of duty over the past year.

Mark Fleming Named Warden at Pamlico Correctional Institution

May 3, 2022

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Mark Fleming as the new warden of Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro.

Offender at Bertie Correctional Offender Dies in Assault

March 29, 2022

Offender Semajs Short (#1539014), 24, died after he was attacked in a housing area at the prison by a number of other offenders at 2:14 p.m. today.

April Shoup Named Warden at Western Correctional

April 6, 2022

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named April Shoup as the new warden of the Western Correctional Center for Women in Black Mountain.

Piedmont Correctional Offender Dies of Apparent Suicide

April 6, 2022

Piedmont Correctional Institution offender Jacob Green (#1678555) has died after an apparent suicide.

Search Underway for Two Escaped Offenders from Robeson CRV

April 25, 2022

Updated: Two offenders who escaped from a prison facility in Lumberton yesterday were caught on foot around three hours later by Department of Public Safety searchers. They were sent to a higher custody level facility and will be charged with felony escape.