Press Releases

Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Ramon Gutierrez as the new warden of Sanford Correctional Center.

Officials with the NC Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) Division of Community Supervision have promoted Jackie Murphy to division administrator in Judicial Division 3, effective Aug. 28, 2023.

American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to the Craven Correctional Institution, a high achievement, and another step toward full accreditation of the North Carolina prison system.

Another five N.C. Department of Adult Correction facilities are now officially among the nation's best-operated.

Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Stephen Waddell as the new warden of Maury Correctional Institution in Maury.

Eligible North Carolina offenders can now receive a state ID card when they’re released from prison.

Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named Vernon Richards as the new Warden at Gaston Correctional Center in Dallas, North Carolina.

Secretary of Adult Correction Todd Ishee has named David May as the new warden of Eastern Correctional Institution in Maury.

American Correctional Association auditors have recommended accreditation be awarded to the Nash Correctional Institution, a high achievement and another step toward full accreditation of the North Carolina prison system.

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Matthew Neil Brown #0988777 who escaped tonight from Caldwell Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison facility in Lenoir.