Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor

Alvin W. Keller Jr.
Secretary

North Carolina Department of Correction

Polk Correctional Institution has new leader

BUTNER - Lawrence Solomon, a 29-year Department of Correction veteran, has been named the new administrator at Polk Correctional Institution.

Polk CI is a prison for approximately 1,010 close-custody male inmates ages 19-25. It has 545 officers and administrative employees. 

Solomon spent 26 years of his corrections career working at Caledonia Correctional Institution, where he was named administrator in 2006. He retired in 2009. For three years, he was administrator at Odom Correctional Institution.

Solomon also commanded the Division of Prisons’ Central Region Prison Emergency Response Team. 

The Enfield native has an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Halifax Community College.

Solomon succeeds Randy Lee, who was promoted to the Division of Prison’s Central Region.

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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