Brown Creek Correctional Institution is a state men's prison in
Polkton, North Carolina , 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. 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.
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.
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South Central Region
Albemarle Correctional Institution
Columbus Correctional Institution
Lumberton Correctional Institution
Harnett Correctional Institution
New Hanover Correctional Center
Pender Correctional Center
Sampson Correctional Institution
Sanford Correctional Center
Scotland Correctional Institution
Southern Correctional Institution
Tabor City Correctional Institution
Eastern Region
Bertie Correctional Institution
Roanoke River Correctional Institution
Carteret Correctional Center
Craven Correctional Institution
Eastern Correctional Institution
Greene Correctional Institution
Hyde Correctional Institution
Johnston Correctional Institution
Maury Correctional Institution
Neuse Correctional Institution
Pamlico Correctional Institution
Pasquotank Correctional Institution
Tyrrell Prison Work Farm
Western Region
Alexander Correctional Institution
Avery Mitchell Correctional Institution
Brown Creek Correctional Institution
Caldwell Correctional Center
Catawba Correctional Center
Craggy Correctional Center
Davidson Correctional Center
Foothills Correctional Institution
Forsyth Correctional Center
Gaston Correctional Center
Lanesboro Correctional Institution
Lincoln Correctional Center
Marion Correctional Institution
Mountain View Correctional Institution
Piedmont Correctional Institution
Rutherford Correctional Center
Western Correctional Center for Women
Wilkes Correctional Center
Central Region
Caswell Correctional Center
Central Prison
Dan River Prison Work Farm
Franklin Correctional Center
Nash Correctional Institution
North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women
Orange Correctional Center
Granville Correctional Institution
Randolph Correctional Institution
Wake Correctional Center
Warren Correctional Institution
Defunct (partial list)
Fountain Correctional Center for Women
Hoke Correctional Institution
Odom Correctional Institution