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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION 2004 ANNUAL REPORT www.doc.state.nc.us ANNUAL REPORT Table of Contents About the Department of Correction 1 Department officials 2 Organizational chart 3 Division of Prisons 4 Division of Community Corrections 7 NORTH CAROLINA Correction Enterprises 10 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION Division of Alcoholism MISSION STATEMENT and Chemical Dependency 12 TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY Administration 13 BY THE ADMINISTRATION Central Engineering OF A FAIR AND HUMANE SYSTEM Controller WHICH PROVIDES Research & Planning REASONABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADJUDICATED OFFENDERS TO DEVELOP PROGRESSIVELY Information Systems RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. Purchasing Victim Services Inmate Grievanvce Board Extradition Safety Transition and Re-entry 20 Boards and commissions 21 Awards and honors 22 History 24 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION About the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION The Department of Correction is charged with the supervision and rehabilitation of convicted adult offenders. Its primary goals are to provide an appropriate level of supervision to ensure public safety, to put inmates to work and to give offenders the tools they need to become productive, law-abiding citizens. The Department of Correction The Division of is comprised of four major divisions Community interacting directly with offenders Corrections and the public, as well as a large supervises number of administrative support offenders in the sections. The four divisions are: community. Enterprises receives no support • Division of Prisons These proba- from state budget allocations and, • Division of Community tioners whose like a business, is totally supported Corrections active sentences have been through the goods and services it • Correction Enterprises suspended, or parolees and post- produces and sells. • Division of Alcoholism and release offenders who have served The Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency a prison sentence and are being Chemical Dependency Programs reintegrated into the community. Programs provides treatment Approximately 115,000 pro- services to inmates, DWI The Division of Prisons has bationers and 3,000 parolees and offenders, probationers and responsibility for incarcerating more post-release offenders are parolees. The majority of the than 36,000 inmates in 76 prison supervised by a force of more than division’s program offerings are facilities across the state. The 2,000 field officers who provide 35-day residential programs based division has complete responsibility control, supervision and treatment on a 12-step recovery model. for housing, management. food, medi- In addition to the four major cal services Correction Enterprises produces divisions, the department has and rehab- goods and services, including office auxiliary support sections that ilitative furniture, road signs, paint and serve all divisions of the programs laundry for state agencies and department. These sections for this large nonprofit organizations. It provides operate under the department’s population, meaningful training and work central administration. as well as administering the state’s experiences to inmates while death penalty. offering quality goods and services to tax-supported entities at a saving to the taxpayers. Correction www.doc.state.nc.us 1 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICIALS FISCAL YEAR 2003-04 Theodis Beck, Secretary Dan Stieneke, Chief Deputy Secretary Fred Aikens, Deputy Secretary Tracy Little, Deputy Secretary Virginia Price, Assistant Secretary Lattie Baker, Assistant Secretary (retired) Lavee Hamer, Assistant Secretary/General Counsel Boyd Bennett, Director, Division of Prisons Robert Lee Guy, Director, Division of Community Corrections Karen Brown, Director, Correction Enterprises Secretary Theodis Beck DEPUTY SECRETARIES Dan Stieneke Fred Aikens Tracy Little ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Virginia Price Lattie Baker Lavee Hamer (retired) DIVISION DIRECTORS Boyd Bennett Karen Brown Robert Lee Guy 2 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION www.doc.state.nc.us North Carolina Department of Correction ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Inmate Grievance Post Release Supervision Resolution Board Secretary & Parole Commission Finesse Couch Theodis Beck Juanita Baker General Counsel - Lavee Hamer EEO - Cheryl Fellers Internal Audit - William Tilley * Program Development - Virginia Price Public Affairs - Pamela Walker Chief Deputy Secretary Deputy Secretary Deputy Secretary Dan Stieneke Fred Aikens Tracy Little Controller - Paul Gross Division of Division of Alcohol & Prisons Chemical Dependency Pgms. Purchasing / Services - Barbara Baker Boyd Bennett Lattie Baker ** Federal Legislation - Joe Chandler Division of Correction Enterprises Human Resources - Ron Gillespie Community Karen Brown Legislative Affairs - Mildred Spearman Corrections Robert Lee Guy Clemency - Barry Jenkins Research & Planning - Sandy Pearce Extradition - Ssycret Evans Staff Development & Training - Dan Lilly Central Engineering Bill Stovall Information Systems - Bob Brinson Safety - Joe Simpson Combined Records - Judy Sills 3 Victim Services - Sandy Dixon * Retired Aug. 2004 - Wayne Holliday named acting director ** Retired Sept. 2004 - Virginia Price named asst. secretary Division of PRISONS Boyd Bennett, Director The Division of Prisons is responsible for incarcerating more than 35,000 inmates in 76 state prisons. The division has total responsibility for housing, meals, medical services, rehabilitative programs and the administration of the death penalty. Three 1,000-cell new prisons opened The most significant accomplishment this year was the opening of three new 1,000-cell close custody prisons in Scotland, Anson and Alexander coun- ties. These prisons are fully staffed and opera- tional. Planning and construction are under way on three additional 1,000-cell prisons in Bertie, Greene and Columbus counties to accommodate the rising prison population that is expected to ex- ceed 41,000 over the next 10 years. Average daily cost per inmate Daily Yearly Close custody $82.46 $30,098 Medium custody $65.59 $23,940 Minimum custody $49.34 $18,009 Average $62.03 $22,641 Population June 2004 35,205 Population and custody changesAlexander CorrectionalMale Institution 32,823 Female 2,382 During the fiscal year, the average daily inmate population rose to RACE some 35,000. This is an increase of approximately 1,500 inmates. White 11,942 To meet the changing composition of the prison system, the divi- Black 21,124 sion began the conversion of Caledonia, Odom and Eastern cor- Indian 661 rectional institutions from close to medium custody. To meet the Asian 107 Other 1,110 demands of a growing female inmate population, Southern Cor- AGE rectional Institution was selected for conversion from a male to a Under 20 1,155 female facility. Extensive planning and training is occurring at 20-29 11,707 Southern to promote a smooth transition to a female inmate popu- 30-39 11,205 40-49 8,015 lation during the 2004-05 fiscal year. 50 and over 2,701 4 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION Security Threat Group unit planned A federal grant was obtained to help establish a Security Threat Group Management Unit to house inmates who have been validated as gang leaders. The unit will house pro- Inmates grams designed to help the inmates denounce their gang help keep involvement. Cognitive behavior modification, anger man- North agement and cultural diversity programs are expect to re- Carolina duce gang related violence in the prison system. Plans call beautiful for the unit to be part of Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton. DNA testing on felons begins This year, DOP continued to partner with the Depart- The Division of Prisons began the process of DNA testing ment of Transportation (DOT) to use inmate labor in of all felon inmates on December 1, 2003, as mandated by litter control. Sixty inmate litter crews and 110 medium the legislature. Previous law required DNA testing only for security road crews are making a significant impact certain violent felons. Testing of the division’s population cleaning more than 6,000 miles of North Carolina was expected to be completed by December 1, 2004. DNA highways. testing has now been made a routine part of the prison admission process for newly convicted felons. 2003 Fall Litter Sweep More than 71,000 inmate work hours Prisons receive national awards 45,000 bags of litter collected The Pender Day Training Program at Pender Correctional Over 4,300 miles of roads cleaned Institution received national recognition at the American Correctional Association (ACA) annual conference. This 2004 Spring Litter Sweep program was awarded the 2003 Exemplary Offender Pro- More than 98,000 inmate work hours gram Award for outstanding correctional programming. Over 6,100 miles of roads cleaned Over 83,000 bags of litter collected The National Commission on Correctional Health Care named McCain Correctional Hospital and Hoke Correctional Institution as Facility of the Year. The prestigious award is Supervisors Training Program implemented usually presented to only one facility each year from among This new program is designed to provide leadership de- 500 prisons, jails, juvenile detention and confinement fa- velopment and supervisory training for front-line supervi- cilities participating in the NCCHC’s nationwide accredita- sors. CSTP is provided to custody, food service and pro- tion program. Medical services provided to inmates at grams supervisors and has been a great success. The pro- McCain Correctional Hospital and Hoke Correctional Insti- gram was recognized