Blog: Correction Connection

Storm Troopers: NCSHP Faced Florence as a Team

Storm Response Series: While North Carolina braced for Hurricane Florence, numerous NC Public Safety agencies joined in the storm preparations, response and recovery. Today's blog provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the efforts of the State Highway Patrol.

Prison Population Evacuation Required Precision Operation

Storm Response Series: While North Carolina braced for Hurricane Florence, numerous NC Public Safety agencies joined in the storm preparations, response and recovery.

On Land and in the Air, these Volunteers Were Essential in Florence

Storm Response Series: While North Carolina braced for Hurricane Florence, numerous NC Public Safety agencies joined in the storm preparations, response and recovery.

NC CERT Teams Becoming Part of the Preparedness Culture

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are becoming an increasing important part of the preparedness culture and emergency response efforts in North Carolina.  (Above: CERT representative engages with FEMA teams at the State Emergency Operations Center)

CLDP Celebrates Its 19th Graduating Class

Twenty-four NC Department of Public Safety employees graduated from the 19th Correctional Leadership Development Program (CLDP) class on September 6, completing a yearlong journey designed to cultivate future leaders. 

N.C. Field Minister Program Begins 2nd Year at Nash Correctional Institution

They Know I Love Them - A Tribute to Millie Gordon, The Music Lady

Pictured Above: Millie Gordon hugs Western Region Director, Steve Bailey, as he presents her with the 2008 Old North State Award for the many decades of volunteer service to the NC Division of Prisons.

 

Working Group to Establish System for Tracking Sexual Assault Evidence Reconvenes

NC DPS Secretary Erik A. Hooks and State Crime Lab director John Byrd are leading a team of professionals charged with implementing a statewide system to track sexual assault evidence collection kits.

First Responders Partner with Schools Across the State to Prep for Active Shooter Scenarios

Encountering an active assailant is not a situation anyone wants to be in, but it is something we need to be prepared for. That’s exactly what NC first responders across several North Carolina counties have been doing this summer.

Carolina Panthers Mentor Youth On and Off the Field

Last month, 25 male students from Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center spent a day at Frank Liske Park in Concord training with Carolina Panthers players and staff, including Mario Addison (All-Pro starting defensive end) and Kawann Short (starting defensive tackle).

Another Step Toward Zero Tolerance for Staff Assaults

Tougher consequences now await offenders in North Carolina’s prison system who assault staff members, as the Division of Prisons takes another step to provide the safest working and living environment for staff and offenders. 

Joining Our Communities for National Night Out

On August 7, when law enforcement officers across the state joined their local communities for National Night Out events, NCDPS officers were there, as well.

Correctional Officers Protect and Save Lives Inside Prisons

Normally, a correctional officer focuses on performing duties that protect prison employees, the public, and even inmates when the situation arises. But there are situations that call on the officers to take the additional steps to save an inmate’s life.

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week culminates with local observances and state proclamation

Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed the week of April 8 – 14, 2108 as Crime Victims’ Rights Week in North Carolina, mirroring the national observance that honors victims of crime and recognizing the state’s commitment to care for the needs of crime victims and their families.

Famed prosecutor turned prison inmate shares his story with Community Corrections leaders

Jim Blackburn recalls compassionate PPOs as critical piece to his successful reentry

When administrators, managers and staff members of NCDPS Community Corrections met in Raleigh for their annual managers’ meeting, they came prepared to work, strategize, and to