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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]
All prison facilities for state inmates are operated and controlled by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, Division of Institutions. From 1998 through 2000, the state had contracted with Corrections Corporation of America , which owned and operated Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro, and the Mountain View Correctional ...
The facility offers adult education and GED preparation classes. Inmates may take courses on substance abuse. Inmates may take courses on substance abuse. The total staff is 241 (as of February 2017) and has a maximum inmate capacity of just under 700.
The Roanoke River Correctional Institution is a minimum/medium security prison in North Carolina, United States. The oldest state prison in North Carolina, it has operated from 1892 to the present. It is located in Halifax County, on approximately 7,500 acres that was purchased by the state in 1899. [1]
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]
While more than 90% of North Carolina’s households have access to air conditioning, thousands of inmates in the state’s prisons find themselves waiting for relief while long summer days get ...
Among its inmates was Bernie Madoff, who was convicted for perpetrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history. He died at the prison in April 2021. [2] The complex consists of four facilities: Federal Correctional Institution, Butner Low (FCI Butner Low): a low-security facility, opened in 1995. [3]
Due to a backlog in counties jails and crowding in other North Carolina state prisons, [2] the state of North Carolina began construction on Tabor Correctional Institution (TCI) in May 2006 and was completed in April 2008. [3] Backlog refers to the housing of inmates in county jails as the prison system has insufficient space to house the inmates.