Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor

Alvin W. Keller Jr.
Secretary

North Carolina Department of Correction

New superintendent named for Harnett CI

LILLINGTON – Carlton Joyner is the new superintendent at Harnett Correctional Institution.

The facility houses 850 medium-custody male inmates, and it employs 385 officers and administrative staff members. It offers a wide range of educational and vocational programs for inmates. It is home to the state’s only in-prison treatment program for sex offenders and a newly opened school that teaches inmates to become barbers.   Correction Enterprises operates a plant at Harnett CI to process meat and frozen foods for the state’s prisons.

Joyner, a 26-year Department of Correction veteran, began his career as a correctional officer at Central Prison. He worked his way through the ranks in correctional programs, most recently coordinating transition and re-entry efforts for the Division of Prisons.

Joyner has a bachelor’s degree in political science from N.C. Central University. He has completed the Department of Correction’s leadership development program and the state’s Certified Public Managers Program.

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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