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The North Carolina House and Senate both unanimously passed memorial resolutions Tuesday, June 27, that honored Correctional Sgt. Meggan Callahan, who died on April 26 after suffering injuries inflicted by an inmate at Bertie Correctional Institution. Sgt.

A Tabor Correctional Institution inmate who left his work assignment on Tuesday is back in custody after being captured today at 1 a.m.

At three North Carolina prisons, inmates are getting behind the wheel and learning new skills in commercial driving, with aspirations of working as truck or bus drivers after their release from prison

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking Ricky Robinson (#0348782), a minimum custody inmate from Tabor Correctional Institution in Columbus County who was

Death row inmate Malcolm Geddie, 70, died Sunday of natural causes at a Raleigh hospital.

Governor Roy Cooper has received the U.S. Small Business Administration disaster declaration he requested to help residents and business owners in southeastern North Carolina recover from the straight line winds and severe storms that struck Sampson County May 29.

What: Crime Victims Compensation Quarterly Commission Meeting
When: Wednesday, June 14, 10 a.m.
Where: Victim Compensation Conference Room, Ground Floor, G-24D of the Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh

Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks has named Wayne Woodard to be interim director of Private Protective Services. Woodard, a former director of both the Criminal Justice Standards Commission and Private Protective Services, assumed his new duties June 5.

Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks and other state officials held a dedication today to officially open the state-of-the-art Firearms Training Center at Samarcand Training Academy in Moore County.

What: Governor’s Crime Commission Quarterly Meeting
When: Thursday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Governor’s Crime Commission, First Floor Conference Room, 1201 Front St., Raleigh