Blog: Correction Connection

Congratulations to North Carolina's newest group of Probation/Parole Officers. The twenty-four officers from Class 10 for 2024 completed their seven-week basic training at the North Carolina Justice Academy in Salemburg.

A long-time Community Supervision employee has been recognized for her dedication and service by being named the winner of the 2024 Community Supervision Deputy Secretary’s Award.

Seven offenders from Catawba Correctional Center are learning to build furniture and rebuild their lives. They are the first cohort of offender-students training in the furniture craft through a partnership between the N.C. Department of Adult Correction and Catawba Valley Community College.

Congratulations to North Carolina's newest group of Probation/Parole Officers. Fifteen officers from Class 9 and twenty-one officers from Class 9A for 2024 completed their seven-week basic training at the Samarcand Training Academy and at the North Carolina Justice academy, respectively.

This post was originally published on the Education Commission of the States from Dr. Brooke Wheeler, NCDAC superintendent of education. Dr. Wheeler would like to thank Ziev Dalsheim-Kahane, criminal justice and public safety policy advisor for Gov. Roy Cooper, for support on this post.

The monthly meeting of the N.C. Joint Reentry Council took place Nov. 21 at the NCDAC Office of Staff Development and Training in Apex.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 
Incarcerated persons can now read all about what is happening in institutions across the state. The bonus is that it is from the perspective of their peers and is easily accessible on their tablets.

The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction honored the veterans among its staff with an early Veterans Day celebration Wednesday.

Offenders at Nash Correctional Institution held its own mock election, as a prelude to Election Day 2024.
NCDAC employees Chavis Everett, Darrell Monroe & Scott Surles were recognized this week as recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Award for Excellence.

Congratulations to North Carolina's newest group of Probation/Parole Officers. The twenty-two officers from Class 8 for 2024 completed their seven-week basic training at the North Carolina Justice academy in Salemburg.

Sixteen probation /parole officers from Class 7 for 2024 completed their seven-week basic training at the Samarcand Training Academy in Jackson Springs.
North Carolina is one of six states selected to participate in a six-month Medicaid and Corrections Policy Academy in a pilot initiative to enhance reentry outcomes for people with complex needs transitioning from incarceration to the community.

Pamlico Community College instructors and administrators recently honored the perseverance and drive of 14 men who earned their associate degrees in Human Services Technology (HST) while housed at Pamlico Correctional Institution.

Nearly every week, the 2,000 probation/parole officers of DAC’s Community Supervision conduct field operations and spot-checks to make sure people under supervision are abiding by their conditions.