A 28-year corrections veteran, Spearman has experience in offender labor and rehabilitation.
Franklin Correctional is the 31st N.C. Department of Adult Correction location or operation recommended for accreditation.
Offender Jeffery Riley Hoke (#0186852) was found unresponsive in his cell Sunday morning.
Thomas Dula of Alexander Correctional Institution is named Correctional Officer of the Year.
Christopher Michael Edwards (#1581454) was pronounced dead around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Each year the Moore Recycling Center, an NCDAC Correction Enterprises operation in Carthage, recycles more than 300,000 pounds of aluminum waste.
Dustin Keith Payne #0760617 was found collapsed in a housing unit common area.
NCDAC, in partnership with TransTech, celebrated its inaugural graduating class of offenders who obtained their Commercial Drivers License (CDL) while incarcerated.