Press Releases

North Carolina residents should prepare today for the strong possibility of power outages due to an incoming winter storm that is forecast to arrive tonight. This storm will bring significant icing that’s likely to result in many fallen trees and power lines.

A Nash Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

A Craggy Correctional Center offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at Central Prison after hospitalization.

Utility crews continued work Sunday to restore power to about 80,000 customers who were remaining without power after a freezing rain event that toppled trees and power lines in counties along the Virginia border and in the Triad area.

Leaders of the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 2 p.m.

A Rutherford Correctional Center offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

After a recent homicide and a long history of disturbances, drug violations and countless calls to the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, a Carthage neighborhood should soon feel a little safer.

Over 40 arrests and more than 400 drug, alcohol and weapons charges were the result of a months-long investigation and a two-day roundup, which concluded Thursday.

Leaders of the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 2 p.m. to provide an update on COVID-19 vaccinations in state prisons. Please see below for details on how to join the call.

A North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.