Anson County women’s prison names new warden

POLKTON, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – The Anson County Correctional Institution has a new boss.

Secretary of N.C. Department of Adult Correction Todd Ishee named Carol Torres to be the new warden of the women’s facility, the department announced Monday. Torres has 28 years of experience in the industry and previously served as security coordinator for the South Central Region.

“She has hands-on experience in the special security needs of a correctional institution, and she has a deep understanding of the rehabilitative responsibilities in the successful re-entry for the 95 percent of offenders who will eventually be released,” Ishee said in a statement. “I have no doubt she will be an outstanding warden for Anson Correctional Institution.”

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In her new role, Torres is responsible for all operations at the facility, which houses approximately 1,300 female offenders in medium- and close-custody housing units. A variety of rehabilitative and educational programming is available to Anson offenders, as well as vocational opportunities.

She replaces Miranda Richardson, who recently retired.

A U.S. Army veteran, Torres began her career in 1996 as a correctional officer at Sandhills Youth Center.

She graduated from Sawyer College in Pomona, Calif., in business education and computers. She has completed NCDAC’s Peak Performance, Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents and Correctional Supervisor training programs and holds certification as a sexual assault investigator and firearms instructor.

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