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  2. Roanoke River Correctional Institution - Wikipedia

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    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] It was previously named the Caledonia State Prison Farm and the Caledonia Correctional Institution. [2] The prison is mostly for men serving a life sentence.

  3. List of North Carolina state prisons - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke River Correctional Institution was previously the Caledonia Correctional Institution, also known as the Caledonia State Prison Farm. The Western Correctional Center for Women was previously the Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women. The Granville Correctional Institution was previously the Polk Correctional Institution.

  4. North Carolina Department of Adult Correction - Wikipedia

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    In 1892, the state began running the Caledonia State Prison Farm on 7,500 acres, still in operation as of 2020. In 1901, as demand for inmate labor dwindled from the private sector, the state legislature passed the Good Roads Policy, which legalized the use of inmate labor for the creation and maintenance of North Carolina roads.

  5. Prison farm - Wikipedia

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    North Carolina: Roanoke River Correctional Institution (formerly Caledonia Correctional Institution/Caledonia State Prison Farm) Farming and Cannery [40] [41] North Carolina: Dan River Prison Work Farm: Farming [42] North Carolina: Tyrrell Prison Work Farm: Farming [43] Texas: George Beto Unit

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    A facility in Greensboro that was set to house migrant children will instead be transferred to FEMA.

  7. Opinion: Centre County Correctional Facility needs outdoor ...

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    The minimum requirements for outdoor recreation in county jails set by Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (DOC) state: (1) Jails shall provide all prisoners at least 2 hours daily ...

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  9. Tillery, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Tillery Chapel Elementary school also served the community until it closed in 1981. It became a community center. [7] The Hermitage is a historic plantation house in Tillery. James M. Pittman served as Tillery's postmaster. [8] [9] Roanoke River Correctional Institution, formerly Caledonia Correctional, is in Tillery. [10]