RE: Robert E. Gayden 0143367COUNTY AND COURT: Onslow County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: 87 CRS 005027 Rape First Degree and Sexual Offense First Degree; LifeCONVICTION DATE: August 17, 1988The North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission is notifying you that it is investigating the above-referenced case for parole via the Mutual Agreement Parole Program (MAPP). This notice is being sent to you in compliance with North Carolina General Statute 15A-1371(3).
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Raymond Warren, escaped from Forsyth Correctional Center at around 6am this morning and was found approximately a mile away from Forsyth Correctional this afternoon. He will be charged for felony escape and be housed at Central Prison, a close-custody/maximum security facility in Raleigh, NC.
An independent, nonprofit foundation has been established to benefit employees of NCDAC in times of need. Articles of incorporation were filed with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office in late May.
After a little more than a year since the start of a pilot program that allowed women to register for NCWorks at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, the NC Jobs Exploration in Transition (NCJET) system is now available in 22 facilities and nearly 700 incarcerated men and women are able to access the system.
WHAT: Bi-monthly meeting of the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.WHEN: Tuesday, July 14, 10 a.m. – NoonWHERE: Greg Poole, Jr., All Faiths Chapel, Dorothea Dix Park, 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh 27603WHO: Council members, honored guests, speakers, and a chance for public comment.AGENDA
NCDAC selected Trevor Wingard as the agency’s new Chief Deputy Secretary of Institutions and Correction Enterprises.
State correctional, probation and local law enforcement officers are searching for offender Mary Helms (#0569545) , who escaped today from the North Piedmont Confinement in Response to Violation (CRV) Center for Women in Lexington.
Jerry Laws was named warden of Piedmont Correctional in Salisbury, NC.
Officials with the Division of Community Supervision have promoted Heather Bevell to Assistant Judicial Division Director in Judicial Division 1, effective June 29, 2026.In her new position, Bevell will oversee operations in Division 1, which covers 32 counties in the eastern portion of the state.
Patricia Blackburn was named warden of Foothills Correctional in Morgantown, NC.