The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named two new prison administrators.
Brad Perritt has been named administrator at Tabor Correctional Institution in Tabor City. Perritt leaves his post as superintendent at Lumberton Correctional Institution and assumes command at Tabor, where he will oversee the state’s third largest prison population, with approximately 1,440 male inmates in medium and close custody and a staff of nearly 520 employees.
Perritt is a 21-year corrections veteran who began work as a correctional officer at Lumberton Correctional Institution in 1995. As a lieutenant, he helped open Scotland Correctional Institution in 2003 and served there as a unit manager and captain. He served as assistant superintendent for custody and operations at Tabor CI in 2011 before moving the superintendent position at Lumberton CI in 2012.
Perritt is a resident of Lumberton and a graduate of Robeson Community College.
Denise Jackson is the new superintendent at Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women.
Jackson is a 21-year corrections veteran who began work as a correctional officer at Marion Correctional Institution in 1994. At Marion CI she served in the roles of assistant unit manager, unit manager, shift captain and special affairs captain.
Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women is a minimum security prison housing approximately 300 female inmates in minimum-custody. It employs a staff of 125 and provides educational and work opportunities and transitional services for women nearing the end of their prison sentences.
Jackson is a native of McDowell County and a graduate of McDowell High School.