Community Corrections district has new manager

Beverly Eaves Perdue Governor		Alvin W. Keller Jr. Secretary
North Carolina Department of Correction

For Release:	Contact: Keith Acree
Date: May 12, 2010	Phone: 919 -716-3700

Community Corrections district has new manager

CLINTON - Lewis A. Adams is the new manager for probation and parole operations in the Community Corrections District 4, which covers Sampson, Duplin and Lewis Adams Jones counties.

The district has 39 officers and other staff members and 1,730 offenders under supervision.

Adams succeeds Kevin Wallace, who was promoted to assistant administrator for Community Corrections Division II.

The new district manager had been chief of special operations in New Hanover since 2006. His corrections career began in 1992 as a probation officer in Richmond County, and he progressed through ranks in New Hanover County.

Adams, a Lumberton Senior High School graduate, earned a bachelor of science degree in political science from UNC-Pembroke in 1990. He is certified correctional training instructor.

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North Carolina Department of Correction
Public Information Office 4202 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-4202
Phone (919) 716-3700 Fax: (919) 716-3795 www.doc.state.nc.us