Displaying items by tag: NC Department of Public Safety
DPS announces temporary suspension of operations at 3 prisons
RALEIGH — As part of ongoing reform efforts, the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will temporarily suspend operations at three minimum custody facilities and move correctional officers and other staff to neighboring prisons to address staffing challenges. This action is intended to better utilize available staff and ultimately make state prisons and communities safer.
New Samarcand Academy dining hall is part of recipe for premier public safety training experience
JACKSON SPRINGS — Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks and other state officials today officially dedicated the new dining hall at Samarcand Training Academy in a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in Moore County.
Anson Correctional Institution opens to house female offenders
POLKTON —The North Carolina Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice today announced the impending arrival of female offenders to the former Lanesboro Correctional Institution, which has been renamed the Anson Correctional Institution.
Gov. Cooper proclaims Probation, Parole, and Community Supervision Officers’ Week
RALEIGH — In recognition of the important public service provided by the state’s probation/parole officers, Gov. Roy Cooper has proclaimed July 21-27, 2019, as Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Officers’ Week in North Carolina.
2 escape from Morrison Correctional in Hoffman
HOFFMAN ― The hunt is on for two men who prison officials say broke out of Morrison Correctional Institute early Monday.
County awarded emergency generators for Hoffman, Ellerbe pump stations
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County will receive two of 24 generators which “will help North Carolina communities become more resilient in the face of future storms and disasters,” according to a press release from the N.C. Department of Public Safety.
Cooper selections give Democrats 8-7 edge on court of appeals
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has reconfigured the N.C. Court of Appeals into an 8-7 Democratic majority with his latest two appointments.