Press Releases

On Oct. 21, millions of people across the globe, including more than 250,000 school children in K-12^th grade, have pledged to participate in the world’s largest earthquake drill.

After several homicides, drug violations and numerous calls to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, the Gheen Road community will soon see long-awaited changes.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Steven Niday as the new warden of the Forsyth Correctional Center in Winston-Salem.

Department of Public Safety Interim Secretary Casandra Hoekstra has named Caroline Farmer as the next executive director of the Governor’s Crime Commission. She will begin her new duties Monday, Oct. 18.

The N.C. Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) Program continues to rank No. 2 in the nation for number of households served and No. 6 for spending of federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program funding.

The names of five North Carolina prison facilities will change effective Oct. 4 in an effort to update them to 21st century cultural standards.

RALEIGH — New medical research from North Carolina’s prison system supports the use of alternative treatment for mentally ill offenders.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed Eddie Buffaloe to lead the Department of Public Safety as Secretary.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Jeffrey McGhee as the new warden of the Lincoln Correctional Center in Lincolnton.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking an offender serving a portion of his active sentence outside of prison who has absconded from his residential location in the city of Charlotte in Mecklenburg County.