NNCDAC was launched as a standalone Cabinet agency on January 1, 2023, and is currently under the leadership of Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes. NCDAC employees have the responsibility for the  rehabilitation, care, custody, and supervision of more than 30,000 individuals in prison  and more than 75,000 people on probation, post-release, or parole in our communities. 

NCDAC oversees the operation of 55 correctional facilities in three custody levels  (minimum, medium, and close), as well as three Confinement in Response to Violation  centers and two substance use disorder treatment facilities. NCDAC also manages  Community Supervision Judicial District offices in all 100 North Carolina counties.  NCDAC's operational divisions and sections include Institutions, Community  Supervision, Comprehensive Health Services, Education Services, Rehabilitation and  Reentry, Special Operations and Intelligence Unit, and Correction Enterprises.