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North Carolina Department of Public Safety |
Beverly Eaves Perdue |
Alvin W. Keller Jr. | ||
North Carolina Department of Correction | |||
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For Release: | Contact: Keith Acree | ||
Date: May 27, 2010 | Phone: 919 -716-3700 | ||
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Piedmont region
has new prisons director
George Solomon,
a 26-year corrections veteran, was named to oversee the operations
of the prisons, which house more than 7,800 inmates and employee
nearly 2,750 officers and staff members. He was previously
superintendent of Dan River Prison Work Farm in Yanceyville.
He succeeds the
retired Jim Pierce.
Beginning his
career in 1984 as a correctional officer at the now-closed Blanch
Youth Institution, Solomon steadily rose through the ranks. He was
deputy warden of N.C. Correctional Institution for Women in
Solomon received
a Governor’s Award For Excellence in 2000, and completed the
department’s Correctional Leadership Development Program in 1999.
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