Press Releases

Death Row Offender Dies of Natural Causes

Death Row offender Allen R. Holman (#0587681) died of natural causes around 1:45 p.m. at an outside medical center this afternoon.

Update: Anson Correctional Institution Offender Who Walked Off Job Site Captured

UPDATE: Members of a prison emergency response team captured Stephon J. Easterling at 6:34 p.m., roughly eight hours after he walked off an off-prison job. He was picked up on Leak Street in Rockingham.

Harold Reep named warden at Foothills Correctional Institution


Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Harold Reep as the new warden of Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton.

Warden Reep most recently served as the compliance manager for the prison system’s western region.

Scotland Correctional Offender Dies in Apparent Suicide

Scotland Correctional Institution offender Edward D. Gregory (#0802946) died in an apparent suicide on Monday, April 3, 2023.

Lucketchia Boston Named New Warden of Tyrrell Prison Work Farm

Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Lucketchia Boston as warden of the minimum-security prison for adult males located on 200 acres near Columbia.

Jamie Bullard named as 2022 North Carolina Warden of the Year

For his extraordinary and proactive efforts to improve one of the largest prisons in the state, Tabor Correctional Institution Warden Jamie Bullard has been named the 2022 North Carolina Warden of the Year.

Southern Correctional Offender Dies in Apparent Suicide

TROY —Southern Correctional Institution offender Keith B. Parks (#0750585) has died in an apparent suicide.

Gregory Groff Named Warden at Richmond Correctional Institution

Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Gregory Groff as the new warden of Richmond Correctional Institution in Hoffman.

Lamont Howell Named Warden at Johnston Correctional

Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Lamont Howell as the new warden of Johnston Correctional Institution in Smithfield.

Death row offender dies of natural causes

RALEIGH — Death Row offender Eric Glenn Lane #0667195 died of natural causes early this morning in Central Prison Medical Center.

Lane, 51, was convicted and sentenced to death in Wayne County for the 2002 kidnap, rape and murder of Precious Ebony Whitfield.