Press Releases

Governor Pat McCrory received recommendations from the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today presented by Task Force co-chairman and ABC Commission Chairman Jim Gardner.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kristie Stanback as the new superintendent at Hoke Correctional Institution in McCain.  Stanback is a 20-year corrections veteran who most recently served as assistant superintendent for custody and operations at Hoke CI.

RALEIGH – The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Chandra Ransom as the new superintendent at Randolph Correctional Center in Asheboro.

The State Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of the vehicle in the video accessible at this website:  http://www2.ncdps.gov/index2.cfm?a=000002,003304. 

A State Trooper is being credited with arresting a murder suspect wanted in the death of a Durham Store Clerk on April 27, 2016.

State, federal and local law enforcement and public safety agencies joined forces Thursday in Carteret County for Operation Arrow, seeking wanted fugitives and absconders from probation or parole and conducting searches to ensure compliance of high risk offenders on supervision.

Inmate Steven Haas #0519426 was found unresponsive in his Central Prison cell just before midnight, after an apparent suicide.  He was declared dead at Central Prison’s medical center a short time later.

Correctional Officers from Bertie Correctional Institution pulled an American Eagle jet 25 feet in 7.85 seconds, making them the grand champions of the annual fundraising plane pull for Special Olympics at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. 

UPDATE: 5/1/2016   5:06 p.m.

The State Prison Emergency Response Team has captured escapee William Bailey. He was caught in Winston-Salem without incident around 4:00 p.m. with the assistance of local law enforcement. Bailey now faces escape charges.

Inmate Lori Pote #1459850 was reportedly found ill in her bed at approximately 2:30 this morning at North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. Pote was transported to a local hospital where she was later declared dead, the result of an apparent suicide.