Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor

Alvin W. Keller Jr.
Secretary

North Carolina Department of Correction

New leader named at Pasquotank Correctional Institution

ELIZABETH CITY - Robert G. Jones has been named administrator of Pasquotank Correctional Institution, a close custody prison with approximately 985 adult male inmates and 455 employees.

 He succeeds Ricky Anderson, who was promoted to deputy director of the Division of Prisons.

Jones was previously superintendent at Hyde Correctional Institution. He began his career in 1981 as a correctional officer at Caledonia Correctional Institution, going on to rise through the ranks there and at the Pasquotank, Gates and Bertie correctional facilities. He was assistant superintendent at Bertie Correctional before his promotion to superintendent at Hyde Correctional in 2005.

Jones is a native of Roanoke Rapids. He is a graduate of Roanoke Rapids High School and attended the University of Texas while serving as a Military Policeman in the Unit States Army.

He and his wife, Tammy, reside in Elizabeth City. They have a daughter, Brittany and a son Spencer. He enjoys playing golf, hunting and spending time with his family.

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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