Press Releases

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

Offender Rashaun Mason (#1054504) died March 11, 2021 at Bertie Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide.

Beginning today, eligible members of the public can make appointments online for a vaccine at the federally supported COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center in Greensboro at Four Seasons Town Centre

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

The Governor’s Crime Commission’s first quarter meeting will be held virtually on Thursday, March 4 from 9 - 11:15 a.m. Please see the information below to attend this public meeting.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Henry Nordan as the new Warden at Southern Correctional Institution in Troy.
Nordan, 43, had been the South-Central Region Security Specialist since 2016.

The North Carolina Criminal Justice Analysis Center has released the third part of the

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

The State Highway Patrol recognized the promotions of 51 sworn and 5 civilian members today during a private ceremony held at Colonial Baptist Church in Cary. The event was conducted in celebration of those who received a promotion throughout the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021.