The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Benita Witherspoon the new warden of the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh.
Witherspoon, who was previously in charge of Forsyth Correctional Center in Winston-Salem, oversees the multi-custody facility.
In 1990, Witherspoon was named a Program Assistant II at the former Cabarrus Correctional Center and later transferred to the same position at the former Charlotte Correctional Center. In 1992, she was named a case analyst at the South Piedmont Diagnostic Center, where she was promoted to Program Director I in 1993. Witherspoon became a unit manager at Albemarle Correctional Institution in 1997 and later a Correctional Captain at Lanesboro Correctional Institution.
Witherspoon was promoted to Assistant Superintendent at Forsyth Correctional Center in 2005, and in 2006 was promoted to Division Operations Manager.
She has an associate degree from Davidson Community College, a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Catawba College, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from UNC-Charlotte and master’s degrees in education from Western Carolina University and criminal justice from East Carolina University.
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