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This is a list of state prisons in the U.S. state of North Carolina: [1] In January 2015, the former five male divisions and one female division were consolidated into four regions, as listed below. [2] As of February 2015, North Carolina houses about 38,000 offenders in 56 correctional institutions. [3]
In 1868, North Carolina adopted a new State Constitution that provided for building a state penitentiary. Inmates began building the state's first prison, Central Prison, in 1870, and moved into the completed castle-like structure in December 1884. In 1881, the state leased two tracts of land near Raleigh for inmates to farm. State law 379 ...
An inmate’s escape in Orange County last summer is leading to changes in how the N.C. Department of Adult Correction handles when and how prisoners are moved outside the prison system. The ...
Its official capacity is 1,204 inmates, one of the eight largest prisons in the state. From its opening through 2008, all prisoners were held in medium security; in December 2009, the facility was merged with the former Anson Correctional Center, which brought another three hundred Minimum Custody inmates. [1] As of May 2016, state corrections ...
Authorities captured an inmate eight hours after he walked off his prison-approved work site, the N.C. Department of Adult Correction said late Wednesday night.
The exhaustive search in North Carolina for an escaped prisoner convicted of murder ended after he was captured by police at a hotel, authorities said.. The North Carolina Department of Adult ...
Alexander Correctional Institution (AXCI) is a North Carolina Department of Public Safety state prison for men, located in Taylorsville, North Carolina. [1] The facility opened in 2004 as one of three 1000-bed Close Custody prisons built in the state. The institution is a Close Custody prison, used mainly for housing felons. [2]
An installation project is underway, but the N.C. Department of Adult Correction expects to have all housing areas in the state prison system air-conditioned by early 2026, according to a press ...