Press Releases

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

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Angela (Angie) Smith as Director of Juvenile Facilities Operations. Smith most recently served as interim director following the Feb. 1 retirement of James Speight.

President Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have approved Governor Roy Cooper’s request for a major federal disaster declaration to help communities recover from flooding damage caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Eta in November.

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $1,841,634 to eliminate flood risks at certain repetitively damaged properties in Brunswick County following Hurricane Florence. 

Governor Roy Cooper has declared March 7-13 Severe Weather Preparedness Week and urges North Carolinians to prepare and practice safety plans in case severe weather strikes.

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.