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The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of North Carolina. NCDAC was formed as a cabinet level agency at the start of 2023, after corrections had been part of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety since 2012.
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]
Brown Creek Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in Polkton, North Carolina, United States, first opened in July 1993 and operated by the North Carolina Department of Correction. Its official capacity is 1,204 inmates, one of the eight largest prisons in the state.
Central Prison is a prison operated by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The prison, west of Downtown Raleigh, is on 29 acres (12 ha) of land and is bounded by a double wire fence with a razor ribbon on top. The Department of Public Safety website describes the original building as "castle-like." [1]
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.
Rivers Correctional Institution is a privately owned prison in unincorporated Hertford County, North Carolina, [1] operated by GEO Group under contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons since its construction in 2001. [2] The prison, on 257 acres (104 ha) of land, was specially built to house prisoners from the District of Columbia.
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]
Bertie Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in Windsor, North Carolina, first opened in August 2006, and operated by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. As one of the state's four largest prisons, the official capacity is 1,400 prisoners, all held in Close Custody. [1] The site is near the Cashie River.