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SpotlightCommunity Corrections District 5Correction News / November 2009Left, Brien Campbell, assistantjudicial district manager; MelissaRussell and Amanda High, officeassistant IV’s; Jean Walker (sitting),judicial district manager. Lower left,India Winborne (sitting), chief probation/paroleofficer; Rachel Wade,probation/parole officer II, New Hanover.Right, Sharon Craven, chiefprobation/parole officer; and MelissaWhitfield and Bernice McAtee, officeassistant III’s, New Hanover.Community Corrections District 5is comprised of New HanoverCounty, an urban area, and PenderCounty, a large rural area.Jean Walker is the district manager,and Brien Campbell is the assistantdistrict manager. Chief probation/paroleofficers are SharonCraven, Jerome Hemingway, MelindaPittman, Lewis Adams, MikeFrazier, and India Winborne, all inNew Hanover County, and CarolE a k i ns in PenderCounty. Two chief positionsare vacant inHanover County.The district has atotal of 98 employees,including officersand office staff.The district hasapproximately 4,270offenders on probationand under supervision.More than3,560 of them are inNew Hanover County,and about 700 arein Pender County.Headquartered indowntown Wilmington,District 5 haseight units in NewHanover County andone in Pender County.ProgramsNew Hanover County is a partici-Continued on next pageAbove, Daniel Mattlin, probation/paroleofficer II; CarolEakins, chief probation/paroleofficer; Jeff Saphara, probation/parole officer II; Reggie Whaley,surveillance officer, Pender.Above, Matt Apke, probation/parole officer II; JeromeHemingway, chief probation/parole officer; ChristyVanslyke, probation/parole officer II; and MelindaPittman (sitting), chief probation/parole officer, NewHanover.Above, Scott Pace, probation/parole officer II; Lewis Adams,chief probation/parole officer; and Jessica Williams and MattYousey, probation/parole officer II’s, New Hanover.

Correction News / November 2009pant in the Division of Community Corrections’Urban Plan Project.This plan encompasses a Judicial ServicesTeam, which includes the CommunityService Work Program, and sevenfield units. The New Hanover fieldunits, which had already blended intermediateand intensive cases, will soonhave fully blended caseloads when thestatewide conversion of probation/paroleofficer I’s to II’s is completed.Specialized caseloads will continue inNew Hanover County, including the SexOffender Control Program, ElectronicHouse Arrest, Drug Court, Day ReportingCenter, Domestic Violence and GPSSex Offender. Additional emphasizedcaseloads include Community ThreatGroup, School Partnership Program,Intensive Supervision and a CarolinaBeach caseload.Pender County is a large rural countywhich fully blended cases a few yearsago. All probation officers have probation/paroleofficer II classifications andall carry blended caseloads of community,intermediate, intensive, sex offender,electronic house arrest and domesticviolence.Pender County has been divided intosmaller, more manageable zones to meetthe challenges of supervising offendersin such a geographically large county.Reducing travel time gives officers morequality time to address the individualneeds of offenders, making the most efficientuse of the district’s resources.ActivitiesThe 5th District staff members participatein a wide variety of special projects,events, and services within thejudicial system, as well as within thegeneral community. These include: U.S.Attorney’s Gun Recovery Task Force,Domestic Violence Awareness Program,District Search and Seizure Teams,Criminal Justice Partnership Board, NewHanover County Gang Task Force,GRIT (Gang Resistance InterventionTeamwork), Southeastern MentalHealth Association, Child ProtectionEnforcement Committee, Various DCCTASK Forces and Committees, AbsconderRoundups with the FugitiveTask Force, DCC Emergency ResponseTeam, Sex Offender Search Teams, NationalDrug Court Institute, SentencingServices Board, Linc, Inc., Health Fair,Re-Entry Initiative, Food Bank, AdjunctTrainers, Community Policing, SalvationArmy, TASC Advisory Board, Big Brother/BigSister, Boy Scouts of America andDWl Task Force.“The district staff is a dedicatedgroup of professionals who work hardto ensure that the goals and objectivesContinued on next pageRight,DawsonRhoad, probation/paroleofficer II, NewHanover.Above, Stephanie Stallings(standing) andCarolyn Hill,office assistant III’s,New Hanover.Lauren Pittman,probation/paroleofficer II, NewHanover.Vern Hewitt, intensive case officer; and RogerMcLain and Shanan Stephenson, probation/parole officer II’s, New Hanover.Medeana Bruton and Becky Marshburn, probation/parole officer II’s; Jennifer Mills, intensive caseofficer; and Mark Baddour (sitting), probation/paroleofficer II, New Hanover.Jared Holmes, John Dancy, Craig Larrimore and Jay Murray, surveillanceofficers, New Hanover.SpotlightLeft, JeffLong, probation/paroleofficer II,and right, EdStemper,intensivecase officer,both in NewHanover.

Correction News / November 2009of the Division of CommunityCorrections are met,”said Jean Walker, districtmanager. “They work to seethat offenders receive thestructure and assistance theyneed. As a result of their efforts,our communities aremade safer. Our employeesfurther contribute to thecommunity through theirinvolvement in civic activities.”Mike Frazier, chief probation/parole officer; MattStanislaw (sitting) and Jim Stamm, probation/parole officer II’s, New Hanover.David Wishart, intensive case officer;Hunter Gray, probation/parole officer I; andMark Pittman, intensive case officer, NewHanover.Right, ChristyKleszczowski, andbelow Latoya Dixon,probation/parole officerII’s, Pender County.Melissa Ryan (standing),probation/paroleofficer II; and JohnnaLattin, probation/paroleofficer I, New Hanover.Gliston Morrisey,probation/paroleofficer I, New Hanover.Stacy Kopfmann and Tom Morrison, probation/parole officer II’s; Eric Ericson, surveillanceofficer; and Mike Barker, intensive case officer,New Hanover.Right, TommyLee (standing),intensive caseofficer; and KathyRoberson, probation/paroleofficerII, New Hanover.Below, Anna Foy(standing) andJennifer Stoneham,probation/parole officer II’s,New Hanover.Cynthia Smith, above,and Sonya King, left, probation/paroleofficer II’s,Pender County.SpotlightAbove, TammyBoswell, WillieMurphy andAmanda Brown,probation/paroleofficer I’s, NewHanover. Right,Darlene Hurley,office assistantIII, Pender.

Thomas AsbellGreene CIMAURY | Thomas E. Asbell II hasbeen named the new superintendentat Greene Correctional Institution,a minimum custody prisonthat houses approximately 650adult males and has 200 employees.He succeeds Renoice Stancil,who was promoted to administratorat Bertie Correctional Institution.Asbell has 20 years of experiencein corrections, beginning in1989 at Eastern Correctional Institutionas a program assistant, whorose to become assistant superintendentfor custody and operationsat Tyrell Prison Work Farm in2000. He transferred in the sameposition to Hyde Correction in2004 and back to Eastern Correctionalin 2006.The 1988 East Carolina Universitygraduate and former memberof the school’s Pirates footballteam has a bachelor of science degreein criminal justice. Asbell isalso a graduate of the Departmentof Correction’s Correctional LeadershipDevelopment Program andhas been awarded the State AdvancedCorrections Certificate.The Bertie County native andhis wife, Anita, have four children.His parents are Thomas and RoseAsbell of Powellsville.Asbell is active in his church andin the Pitt County community, andenjoys classic cars and tractors andcollecting antiques.Robert G. JonesPasquotank CIELIZABETH CITY | Robert G.Jones has been named administratorof Pasquotank CorrectionalInstitution, a close custody prisonwith approximately 985 adult maleinmates and 455 employees.He succeeds Ricky Anderson,who was promoted to deputy directorof the Division of Prisons.Jones was previously superintendentat Hyde CorrectionalInstitution. He began his career in1981 as a correctional officer atCaledonia Correctional Institution,going on to rise through the ranksthere and at the Pasquotank, Gatesand Bertie correctional facilities.He was assistant superintendent atBertie Correctional before his pro-Correction News / November 2009DOP names new leadership at four prisonsThomas Asbell III Robert E. Jones Richard Neely Ron Tarltonmotion to superintendent at HydeCorrectional in 2005.Jones is a native of RoanokeRapids. He is a graduate of RoanokeRapids High School and attendedthe University of Texaswhile serving as a Military Policemanin the Unit States Army.He and his wife, Tammy, residein Elizabeth City. They have adaughter, Brittany and a son Spencer.He enjoys playing golf, huntingand spending time with his family.Richard L. NeelyLanesboro CIPOLKTON | Richard L. Neely isthe new administrator for LanesboroCorrectional Institution, aclose custody prison that housesapproximately 1,000 inmates andhas approximately 415 employees.A 29-year corrections veteran,Neely began his career in 1980 asa correctional officer at PiedmontCorrectional Institution, wherehe advanced through the ranks tocaptain. He was an assistant superintendentat Iredell Correctionaland superintendent at CharlotteCorrectional prior to being namedadministrator at Lanesboro.Neely succeeds the retired RickyJackson.In addition to attending KnoxvilleCollege, Neely has completedthe Department of Correction’sleadership development program.He is a general instructor for correctionaltraining and is WesternRegion commander for the PrisonEmergency Response Team (PERT).He is a Western Star Mason andenjoys reading, working out andsports.Neely and his wife, Dorothy,have a daughter and two grandchildren.Ron TarltonCabarrus CCMOUNT PLEASANT | Ron Tarltonhas been named the new superintendentof Cabarrus CorrectionalCenter, a minimum custody prisonfor adult males.As superintendent, Tarlton isresponsible for the operation of thefacility, which houses approximately190 inmates and has 50 employees.Tarlton had previously been superintendentat Union CorrectionalCenter, which recently closed.He had been at Union his entire27-year career, beginning as a correctionalofficer in 1982. He wasnamed superintendent at Union in2006.He has a photographic techniciandegree from Anson CommunityCollege, where he graduatedwith high honors. He is also a Divisionof Prisons general traininginstructor.In his spare time, Tarlton enjoysfilm photography, motorcycles,hunting, fishing, archery and tennis.He is also a member of theUnion and Anson county AmericanRed Cross disaster team.Warden leads national groupAnnie Harvey, warden ofNC Correctional Institutionfor Women, has been electedpresident of the Associationof Women Executives inCorrections.AWEC provides leadershipdevelopment for executivewomen, supportsthe career advancement ofwomen in corrections andpromotes informed discussionof correctional issues.

October PromotionsName, new title, locationJoyce Brown, food service officer, Warren CIMarvin Casino, nurse supervisor, Maury CILarry Clayton, sergeant, Harnett CIWilter Drew, Correction Enterprises manager IV,Pender Sewing PlantCindy Faison, chief probation and parole officer,DCC District 11Jason Gibson, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 17Sheila Godwin, food service manager I, Tabor CITirrell Greene, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26BAndrea Holland, professional nurse, Foothills CITimothy Hopkins, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26AGeorgina Inman, food service manager I, Tabor CIKaren Joyner, chief probation and parole officer, DCC District 4Joshua Keith, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26BRebecca Loftis, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 29Dwayne Massey, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 16Lorenzo McIver, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26ACarl Miller, food service manager III, Polk CIDavid Millis, captain, Pamlico CIAllison Neaves, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 22Shelia Nord, programs supervisor, Neuse CIPatricia Okesanya, nurse supervisor, Central PrisonSteven Ransom, sergeant, Tabor CIPamela Richards, accounting clerk IV, Craggy CIMarvin Roberson, psychological services coordinator, Scotland CIDante Rossi, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26APaula Simmons, programs director I, Fountain CCWChristian Skinner, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26BLaura Stracuzzi, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19AWynita Taylor, nurse consultant, Franklin CCSherain Teel, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26BDenise Trickel, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 14ATabatha Watkins, lead correctional officer, Swannanoa CCWIndia Winborne, judicial unit supervisor, DCC District 5November PromotionsArnette Alleyne Tineo, professional nurse, Central PrisonKelvin Andrews, sergeant, Maury CIMark Barnhill, assistant unit manager, Tabor CIDaylon Beasley, food service manager II, Johnston CIReginald Benthall, plumber II, Odom CIShawn Blackburn, unit manager, Alexander CIVickie Bolling, processing assistant IV, Combined RecordsLucketchia Boston, lieutenant, Pasquotank CIMichael Brown, sergeant, Tabor CICarolyn Buchanan, programs supervisor, Mountain View CIRodney Bugielski, sergeant, Alexander CIAngela Carswell, administrative assistant II, Western YISharon Cheek, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 28Thomas Condrey, lieutenant, Pasquotank CISean Dillard, unit manager, Pasquotank CIBryant Elliott, sergeant, Pasquotank CIChavis Everett, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 20ABarbara Fields, professional nurse, Foothills CICecil Fleetwood, maintenance mechanic IV, Odom CILynetta Fort, nurse supervisor, Central PrisonJason Fowler, assistant unit manager, Tabor CIShaun Fraser, food service manager i, Polk CIJennifer Frizsell, programs director I, Western YIMary Gibbs, lead correctional officer, Hyde CIPamela Gibbs, nurse supervisor,DOP Health ServicesJames Green, probation/parole officer II,DCC District 24onJoni Hale, administrative secretary II, Tillery CIJennifer Henderson, food service manager I,Warren CIShakethia Hinton, correctional officer, Nash CIHelen Hudson, professional nurse, Bertie CIBethany Hunter, office assistant V, DOP AdministrationJanet Kilpatrick, captain, Greene CISarah Llaguno, diagnostic services program manager,DOP AdministrationVictor Locklear, unit manager, Pasquotank CILora Mann, sergeant, Raleigh CCWMark Matthews, chief probation/parole officer, DCC Districdt 23Maurice Miller, lead correctional officer, Caldwell CCShannon Mixon, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 7Royster Moore, HVAC mechanic,DOP Eastern Region Maintenance YardRoger Moose, captain, Alexander CITe’nia Morrison, professional nurse, McCain CHDouglas Newton, assistant unit manager, Marion CIChadrick Perry, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 16Barbara Pierce, district manager, DOP Health ServicesJoshua Rabon, food service officer, Tabor CIKimberly Raynor, administrative assistant I, Duplin CIJoseph Riddle, sergeant, Haywood CCBrian Robinette, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 14Gloria Robinson Marsh, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 14ASharon Ruckman, personnel technician I, Marion CIRoger Shepard, programs director I, Duplin CIGilbert Smith, sergeant, Maury CILaura St. Amant, Correction Enterprises supervisor II,NC CIW Tag PlantRichard Stinchcomb, maintenance mechanic IV, Marion CICatherine Tarrant, administrative secretary II, Pamlico CIJennie Tedder, Correction Enterprise manager IV,Columbia Sewing PlantRondal Townsend, unit manager, Alexander CIRobert Tuck, lead correctional officer, Hyde CIShelia Turnage, admissions technician, Neuse CIRonald West, processing assistant IV, MISRobert Whittington, captain, Mountain View CICynthia Williams, chief of special operations, DCC AdministrationTammie Wood, training instructor II, OSDTMovingUpCorrection News / November 2009Employee DeathsSeptemberWilliam Allen, correctional officer, Catawba CC, 18y9mRobert Blake, dentist II, Craggy CI, 3y10mOctoberJohn Givens, maintenance mechanic IV, NC CIW, 2y6mJohn Hoyle, facility maintenance supervisor II, Engineering, 2y3mJames Lindsay, correctional officer, Southern CI, 9y10mShelton Miller, food service officer, Lumberton CI, 14yNoel Rose, chief probation and parole officer, DCC District 8, 25y5mJohnnie West, correctional officer, New Hanover CC, 7y8m

September RetirementsName, job title, location, serviceDavid Cates, superintendent II, Durham CC,28y6mFred Pullen, correctional officer, Polk CI,36y11mOctober RetirementsLonnie Blue, correctional officer, Scotland CI, 34y10mJohn Bunch, sergeant, Gates CC, 14y3mMichael Dennard, health assistant, Central Prison, 19yFredrick Dixon, food service manager II, John CI, 10y1mWilliam Efird, sergeant, Albemarle CI, 9y2mRobert Elliott, correctional officer, Umstead CI, 30ySarah Eudy, dental assistant, Avery Mitchell CI, 9yPatricia Forehand, processing assistant III, Alexander CI, 5y1mJerry Hardin, correctional officer, Harnett CI, 8y3mWilliam Hargrove, correctional officer, Polk CI, 17y10mCheryl Harvey, probation/parole officer I, DCC District 18, 29y9mJames Helton, correctional officer, Alexander CI, 5y10mLinda Hensley, administrative officer II, OSDT, 20y1mJames Hill, correctional officer, Southern CI, 9y3mSidney Holcombe, probation/parole surveillance officer,DCC District 27A, 22y7mSherry House, business & technology applications analyst,MIS, 32y1mJohn Inman, lieutenant, Southern CI, 21y10mBrenda Jones, nurse supervisor, Caswell CC, 12y10mJames Kennedy, chief probation and parole officer,DCC District 5, 30yGail Lee, processing assistant V, Controller’s Office, 13y1mWilliam Mayo, sergeant, Caledonia CI, 30yBeverly McCallum, correctional officer, Lumber CI, 13y7mClaude McCaskill, sergeant, Albemarle CI, 29y8mDon McNeely, correctional officer, Union CC, 24yClifton Moore, correctional officer, Guilford CC, 20y5mGlyn Murdock, correctional officer, Albemarle CI, 6y2mPatsy Norris, professional nurse, Central Prison, 6y10mJoseph Porter, correctional officer, Nash CI, 18y8mRuth Rennenberg, professional nurse, DOP Health Services, 19y10mJacqueline Robinson, office assistant IV, Craven CI, 12y4mRicky Roper, lieutenant, Western YI, 28y9mDonald Shields, lead correctional officer, Caledonia CI, 30yNeil Smith, clinical chaplain II, McCain CH, 20y4mAlvie Sutton, correctional officer, Eastern CI, 26y10mArlee Thompson, correctional officer, Rowan CC, 26y2mCharles Underwood, correctional officer, Craggy CI, 13y9mVicki Walton, personnel assistant IV, Craggy CI, 17y3mBarbara Watts, processing assistant III, Piedmont CI, 8y9mLinda Whitley, Correction Enterprises accounting technician,Bunn Sign Plant, 18y7mRonald Whitworth, correctional officer, Foothills CI, 5y4mNovember RetirementsRalph Boone, HVAC supervisor I, Foothills CI, 21y8mHinton Cheek, facility maintenance supervisor IV, Warren CI, 30yJeanne Craig, professional nurse, Franklin CC, 13yBruce Cravener, case manager, Craggy CI, 13yMichael Ference, correctional officer, Franklin CC, 5y1mJimmy Hunt, correctional officer, Davidson CC, 16y9mMoving OnCorrection News / November 2009Demetries Johns, sergeant, Central Prison, 27y7mStephen Knowles, correctional officer,Duplin CI, 28yNorman Langford, processing assistant IV,Caledonia CI, 30y7mPhilip Ledford, maintenance mechanic IV,Foothills CI, 5y11mMary Lemoine, professional nurse, Central Prison, 6y10mJames Maher, food service manager I, Durham CI, 16y9mMary Mueller, programs supervisor, Central Prison, 24yRobert Perry, correctional officer, Nash CI, 29yDavid Pridgen, correctional sergeant, Neuse CI, 15y1mSandra Ricketts, community service district coordinator,DCC District 20A, 24y10mCurtis Slade, correctional officer, Caswell CC, 24ySusie Strickland, processing assistant IV, Avery-Mitchell CI, 21y8mThomas Sumner, correctional officer, Neuse CI, 5yCarol Swayngim, professional nurse, Buncombe CC, 17y6mDavid Towery, correctional officer, Foothills CI, 29yWilliam Waldron, sergeant, Brown Creek CI, 26y11mThomas Williams, correctional officer, Odom CI, 20y1mRobert Woods, dentist III, Polk CI, 22y7 Deadly Sins of Office SecurityWhen it comes to keeping information safe and securein the office, employees are often unknowingly guilty ofa multitude of sins. Here are seven bad ones -- alongwith tips to help you avoid them.1. Missing ID badges. Display yours at all times whenin your office, and challenge anyone you see who is notdoing likewise. Remember, social engineers gamble thatworkers will be too timid to challenge them.2. Neglecting access control. A locked door is to physicalsecurity as a firewall is to network security. Neverprop open doors that require a card key or ID badgeto open, and never let unfamiliar people “tailgate” youthrough a secured entry point.3. Sloppy work space. It’s important to secure physicalinformation not just from outsiders, but from insidersas well. Keeping your desk and work space freeof sensitive data is a vital step in this process. Whenyour area is unattended, make sure sensitive papersare locked away, and lock your computer screen with apassword.4. Jobs left at the fax/print/copy machine. You shouldfetch print and copy jobs immediately lest they sitaround where prying eyes can see them.5. Ignoring homework rules. Most organizations havepolicies in place regarding what information may beremoved from the building on laptops, memory sticks,and other devices. Know your employer’s policy, andfollow it to the letter.6. Insecure cells. Did you know some phones cantransmit data even when they’re turned off? Experts adviseremoving your cell’s battery before sensitive meetings.7. Spy phones. Also, one espionage tactic is for a participantto simply dial his or her cell phone before ameeting, drop the phone in a pocket, and transmit theentire thing to a third party. Most likely, your employerhas a policy on what meetings cell phones are allowedin.