Prison gets reassigned

The West Central Pre Release Center in Zebulon has been re-named the West Central Integrated Treatment Facility and will hire as many as 10 new employees. The facility will become a Correctional Recovery Academy, offering comprehensive, court-ordered substance abuse programs.The facilities’ residents will remain in the facility unless out on detail for the entire six months and will go through morning substance abuse programs, afternoon work programs and evening programs such as church services and school classes. Forty eight short term inmates will help with custodial duties at the facility and 138 probationers will serve 9 month sentences as they go through treatment. More information will be released as it becomes available.