Press Releases

Piedmont Correctional Institution offender Jacob Green (#1678555) has died after an apparent suicide.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named April Shoup as the new warden of the Western Correctional Center for Women in Black Mountain.

Community members from the Eastern Carolina council of government regions (Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico and Wayne counties), Mid-East Commission (Beaufort, Bertie, Hertford, Martin and Pitt counties) and the Upper Coastal Plain council of government regions (Ed

The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) has committed funding to the N.C. State Coastal Dynamics Design Lab (CDDL) for the development of five North Carolina community floodprint reports over the next three years.
In 2021, North Carolina’s juvenile delinquency rate decreased, while more youth were detained in secure custody than in 2020, according to a presentation today from officials with the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
This annual campaign is aimed at reducing collisions involving teen drivers on our roadways.  Beginning Monday, April 4, and going through Friday, April 8, troopers will step up their enforcement efforts in and around school zones between 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.   
Ante el tiempo de graduaciones a celebrarse en muchas escuelas, la Patrulla Estatal de Carreteras, en colaboración con la campaña del Mes Nacional de Concientización sobre Conductores Distraídos, está llevando a cabo el Operativo Conducir para Vivir.
En 2021, disminuyó la tasa de criminalidad juvenil de Carolina del Norte, mientras que más jóvenes fueron detenidos bajo custodia segura en comparación al 2020, esto de acuerdo a una presentación realizada hoy por autoridades de la División de Justicia Juvenil y Prevención de Criminalidad.
El Centro CJAC, perteneciente a la Comisión del Gobernador contra Delitos, anuncia el lanzamiento del nuevo Portal de Datos de Justicia Penal, un sitio con información recopilada por agencias de NC, el cual es centralizado, interactivo y en línea.