Program Description

Mission Statement:

The purpose of the Wayne County Day Reporting Center (DRC) is to provide the Courts with a concentrated, one-stop point of entry for offenders sentenced to Intermediate Sanctions under the Structured Sentencing Law.

The DRC as part of the Community Corrections in Wayne County is designed to provide a 'one-stop' community punishment center. It offers programs to control and manage offenders in the community by providing appropriate discipline and victim restitution, as well as rehabilitation, employment and educational opportunities for defendants.

Program Goals:

• Reduce the recidivism of Wayne County offenders.
• Reduce the number of probation revocations in Wayne County.
• Reduce alcoholism and other drug dependencies among offenders in Wayne County.
• Reduce the cost of incarceration to the State of North Carolina and Wayne County.

Referral Sources:

• Superior Court.
• District Court.
• Division of Community Corrections (Probation/Parole)

Actual admission into the Center
requires a court order.