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.
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| Location | 248 Prison Camp Road Polkton, North Carolina |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | medium/minimum |
| Capacity | 1204 |
| Opened | July 1993 |
| Managed by | North Carolina Department of Correction |
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 officials announced a further consolidation. The Brown Creek facility is to be merged with the adjacent Lanesboro Correctional Institution, resulting in a Minimum Custody prison. The move is meant to address staffing challenges and the "checkered pasts" of both facilities.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Brown Creek Correctional Institution". North Carolina DPS. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ Off, Gavin (20 May 2016). "North Carolina merges 2 Anson County prisons". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 1 July 2016.