An independent, nonprofit foundation has been established to benefit employees of NCDAC in times of need. Articles of incorporation were filed with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office in late May.
Press Releases
After a little more than a year since the start of a pilot program that allowed women to register for NCWorks at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, the NC Jobs Exploration in Transition (NCJET) system is now available in 22 facilities and nearly 700 incarcerated men and women
NCDAC selected Trevor Wingard as the agency’s new Chief Deputy Secretary of Institutions and Correction Enterprises.
State correctional, probation and local law enforcement officers are searching for offender Mary Helms (#0569545) , who escaped today from the North Piedmont Confinement in Response to Violation (CRV) Center for Women in Lexington.
Officials with the Division of Community Supervision have promoted Heather Bevell to Assistant Judicial Division Director in Judicial Division 1, effective June 29, 2026.
Jerry Laws was named warden of Piedmont Correctional in Salisbury, NC.
Patricia Blackburn was named warden of Foothills Correctional in Morgantown, NC.
American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to Harnett Correctional Institution.
With the completion of air conditioning installation projects at Warren Correctional Institution and Wilkes Correctional Center this month, the NC Department of Adult Correction has reached the point where 90% of the nearly 39,000 beds in the state prison system are in air-conditioned spaces.&nbs
WHAT: Quarterly meeting of the State Reentry Council Collaborative (SRCC). The SRCC was established by the North Carolina General Assembly and former Gov. Roy Cooper in 2017 and is managed by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction.