North Carolina Women's Prison
Air conditioning work progresses, major NCCIW project ...
If all goes according to plan, the summer of 2026 should be the last summer in the state prison system without all air-conditioned living spaces ...
https://www.dac.nc.gov/blog/2025/06/04/air-conditioning-work-progresses-major-ncciw-project-completedCall for... - North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Facebook
We invite practitioners, partners, and community stakeholders to submit session proposals that highlight innovative programs and best practices that strengthen #rehabilitation, #reentry, and build safe communities across NC. Submission deadline: January 23.
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Thousands in NC prisons endure summer heat without AC
Prison officials plan to install air conditioning for all prison beds by 2026 as heat poses growing health risks for incarcerated people.
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/07/09/thousands-in-nc-prisons-endure-summer-heat-without-air-conditioning/Center for Women - Center for Community Transitions
Center for Women The Center for Women is a thirty-bed residential work release program accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA) that supports women in the final stages of incarceration. Opening in 1987 as a contract work release program, the Center was created to help women successfully transition from prison to their family and community while upholding the standards of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC).
https://centerforcommunitytransitions.org/programs/center-for-women/North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women - Wikipedia
North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW) is the primary North Carolina Department of Public Safety prison facility housing female inmates on a 30-acre (12 ha) campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, and serves as a support facility for the six other women's prisons throughout the state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Correctional_Institution_for_Women
These new laws will take effect in North Carolina on Jan. 1, ...
These new laws will take effect in North Carolina on Jan. 1, 2026 ; Prevent Sexual Exploitation of Women and Minors (House Bill 805) ; Various ...
https://www.wbtv.com/2025/12/30/new-laws-changes-coming-north-carolina-jan-1-2026/Union Supply Direct - North Carolina Inmate Package - Rules and Regulations
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Judge Determines NC Department Of Adult Correction Violated Transgender Woman’s Eighth Amendment Rights American Civil Liberties Union
Judge Determines NC Department Of Adult Correction Violated Transgender Woman’s Eighth Amendment Rights A federal judge has issued a decision in Zayre-Brown v. NC Department of Adult Correction (DAC), ruling that the state’s process for evaluating whether gender-affirming surgery is medically necessary for incarcerated individuals is unconstitutional.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/judge-determines-nc-department-of-adult-correction-violated-transgender-womans-eighth-amendment-rights
Freeing Joan Little: Gender, Incarceration, and Struggles for Justice Community Affairs
Speaker Christina Greene; Shelagh Kenney; Adriane Lentz-Smith In 1974, a twenty-year-old Black woman named Joan Little found herself facing the death penalty for killing a white guard who had tried to rape her in an eastern North Carolina prison. The folks who campaigned on Little's behalf understood the webs of sexual violence, state violence, and racialized carcerality that ensnared her, and they linked her trial to other sites of existentia...
https://community.duke.edu/event/freeing-joan-little-gender-incarceration-and-struggles-justice-01-29-2026/
Human, civil rights call on NC officials to ease prison overcrowding • NC Newsline
16:44 News Story Human, civil rights call on NC officials to ease prison overcrowding Advocates say transfers resulting from Hurricane Helene have created dangerous conditions in multiple facilities A coalition of eight North Carolina human and civil rights groups are demanding the release of nearly 2,000 incarcerated people to ease what they are calling “dangerous, inhumane overcrowding,” in state prisons — a situation exacerbated by Hurrican...
https://ncnewsline.com/2024/11/01/human-civil-rights-call-on-nc-officials-to-ease-prison-overcrowding/
NC prisons struggle to meet health care demands amid rising costs, staff shortages WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source
Health care costs totaled $429.1 million — or about one-quarter of the Department of Adult Correction’s annual budget of about $2 billion — during the fiscal year 2023-24. It’s a 36 percent increase in cost over the past five years. Health care expenditures came in more than $48.1 million over budget — one of the widest gaps to date.
https://www.wfae.org/health/2025-03-11/nc-prisons-struggle-to-meet-health-care-demands-amid-rising-costs-staff-shortages
NC joins initiative to expand access to education, jobs after incarceration WUNC News
North Carolina is among four states participating in a new national initiative designed to expand education and job opportunities for people leaving prison. The state’s Department of Adult Correction will join the inaugural cohort of the Fair Chance to Advance State Action Network.
https://www.wunc.org/2026-01-14/nc-joins-initiative-to-expand-access-to-education-jobs-after-incarceration
Hurricane Helene: North Carolina Prisoners Locked Up With Feces
In the early morning hours last Friday, Nick climbed out of his bunk at Mountain View Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, and stepped into a pool of water. As Hurricane Helene unleashed a torrential downpour over Western North Carolina, Nick, whose story was relayed by a relative and who requested to go by his first name for fear of retribution, realized his single-occupancy cell in the state prison...
https://theintercept.com/2024/10/04/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-mountain-view-prison/
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Enhancing Communities. Building Trust. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is comprised of approximately 3,000 employees, along with around 10,000 North Carolina National Guard soldiers and airmen. Through effective law enforcement, juvenile justice programs, emergency response and recovery and homeland security preparedness, DPS employees help to ensure North Carolina is a safe place to live, work and visit.
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